We Need an Awesome Staff Writer

is this a one time oportunity? I’ve a few projects finishing in about 3/4 weeks and I would like to contribute with Nettuts+.

Working around three days for $150 (and if you like work – $200) doesn’t seem worth it at all. Mainly considering the level of expertise it takes to write these tutorials. “Thanks for spending years learning to program… now here’s minimum wage.” Thanks but no thanks nettuts.

I think this is a good gig, I would like to try. Nice post.

I find this pay to be very low as well. I do not agree that a well-researched, well-written article not covered somewhere else already only takes 2 or 3 hours, more like a full day at least. I guess it depends on the kind of tutorials you expect, but if they are really good, unique, pioneering work, this is far below minimum wage.

$150 for 2-5 hours is a justifiable amount. The most difficult part—as mentioned—is thinking of what to write about! But, of course, this is why they pay $150 per tutorial!

So, the staff members have premium access for free ? haha :D

Ok, I read Nettuts every time a new article comes up, I’ve been reading it for years, when it was still in diapers. Everytime I see an opportunity like this come up, I get all excited and think “one of these days I’ll be writing for them, thanks in great part to them!”. I believe nettuts is one of the greatest blogs out there, of course there are other great blogs, but nettuts has variety, has quality, etc. I hardly ever read comments, today I decided to read the comments, and honestly, I was dissapointed. I felt like asking “would you like some cheese with all that whine?”, maaan, what is wrong with you people? seriously? I don’t care how much this kind of money is in your country or mine, I don’t care if it takes you 10 minutes to write an article or tutorial, or if it takes you three days. I think that most people who wrote a comment here are so full of themselves, did you happen to come accross the article by pure chance? most of you are here because you read nettuts frequently, I think most of you are a bunch of….. let me take my breath……hypocrites, arrogants……..ignorants……divas…..who think they’re better than everyone else, who in fact have no real knowledge of things, who have no path which to follow, and worse, have no passion about what you do… that, my dear whiners, is just SAD! if you want to do something and you can only measure how much you are worth or how much you can share with others based on money, then you are not really living your life. To Nettuts, I say thank you, thank you for all these years. I don’t care if the rest of you one cell brain commenters criticize me, I always accept criticism just as long as it’s not based on ignorance or prejudice. Again nettuts, thanks. And of course I’m going to submit my article, of course I’m going to try to become a writer for Nettuts, and of course I didn’t proof read this, so this doesn’t count as my article.

It would help if Tuts employed an editor. That way the writer would only concentrate on putting together a tutorial and have the editor do the grammatical corrections and restructuring of sentence if need be.

I love the fact that Jeff is offering this on here and not some monster.com board, but actually wanting to hire his own visitors.

The people who are complaining about “only getting $1000+” a month are usually bad employees who whine about how much they are overworked and undervalued. Even though they work “at will” and are free to leave anytime they want. Or worse.. knew the compensation factor and still took the job.. but then cry because they heard they can make X elsewhere.
Great employees (like mine) are excited about our field.. to them, its not even a job.

I have a strong feeling that some of my employees, if they could, would work for free… because we believe in our mission and impact on others.

The same for this site. Its about education… helping others with creativity and art. The tut about “create warm inviting web page” is for free! …any first time site visitor can stop by.. download the tut and never come back… Jeff and his crew understand the value in helping and teaching others. They have bills to pay.. and are certainly entitled to earn a profit, but look at the value they put out there to help the web design community..

As Tony Dungy said “Its not about me, its not about you.. its about the team”

If i had a clue as to what im doing when it comes to building a dynamic website or something worth showing … i would be all over this. But thats what class starting the 18th will help me with.