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The speaker is unsure what fraction of people who start blogs earn enough to quit their day jobs, and considers making a lot of money from blogging potentially a crazy outcome.

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“I think it might be a crazy outcome to make a lot of money as a blogger. I don't know what percent of people who start a blog”
“and them making enough that they can quit their day job i guess it's a lot worse than for startup founders i would not even um have that as a goal so”
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