How can I make (some) $money$ out of my TeX skills?
I by no means intend to stop contributing what I can to TeX.SE, but a recent experience begs the question... After helping a friend designing a flyer for a telecom company (for which she got decent remuneration), I find myself wondering whether there is a market for freelance TeX-related jobs, on which I could perhaps make some extra bucks for rainy days.
As an amateur TeXnician with limited general knowledge of graphic design, but with a growing portfolio of decent-looking documents produced with TeX & friends,
- Who, if anyone, should I attempt to sell my TeX skills to?
- Would, say, a publishing company be interested? Or do they generally seek people with a much stronger background in TeX & friends than mine?
- If you are directly getting paid on account of your TeX skills, how did you get started?
Note: I'm not sure whether this question is more appropriate on meta or on the main site. Feel free to migrate it, if necessary. It may be also be more suited as a community wiki, but I feel this isn't my call.
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I by no means intend to stop contributing what I can to TeX.SE, but a recent experience begs the question... After helping a friend designing a flyer for a telecom company (for which she got decent remuneration), I find myself wondering whether there is a market for freelance TeX-related jobs, on which I could perhaps make some extra bucks for rainy days.
As an amateur TeXnician with limited general knowledge of graphic design, but with a growing portfolio of decent-looking documents produced with TeX & friends,
- Who, if anyone, should I attempt to sell my TeX skills to?
- Would, say, a publishing company be interested? Or do they generally seek people with a much stronger background in TeX & friends than mine?
- If you are directly getting paid on account of your TeX skills, how did you get started?
Note: I'm not sure whether this question is more appropriate on meta or on the main site. Feel free to migrate it, if necessary. It may be also be more suited as a community wiki, but I feel this isn't my call.
fun
asked Sep 27 '13 at 0:46
jubobsjubobs
41.4k17153240
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My answer is neither authoritative nor positive, so just a comment: the problem is that the major consumer of TeX, academia, consists of a lot of very proud, independent people who mostly don't value skill in it but wouldn't let anyone else do it for them. You will therefore not make any money from them. You might make money from their academic publishers but I doubt they need freelance work; since the authors all write their papers themselves they probably keep a TeX editor around to standardize them. I have never found a good answer to your question.
– Ryan Reich
Sep 27 '13 at 1:58
You could provide an email address in your profile so people can contact you, or email me (see my profile).
– Peter Grill
Sep 27 '13 at 5:14
1
I have friends who take papers that have been TeXed by the authors, and "augment" them to work with the journal's specific packages, etc. They make a good deal of money ($30/hr, 40+ hours per week). EDIT: I should mention they are employed by the journal.
– Steve D
Sep 27 '13 at 6:10
I'd say that wherever the end product needs to be a PDF, there's your market. Where TeX has an edge over competition, IMO, is automatic generation of documents. Think of catalogues generated from relational databases and stuff like that.
– morbusg
Sep 27 '13 at 7:22
1
@RyanReich I agree with you that one cannot make money from academic stuff, but at least in my case this is due to the fact there is in general no money in academic sphere. When there is lack of money in country, I bet that politicians start making cuts in such "unnecessary" stuff like science and education. And regarding the original question, I do think there is a market in crossover between designer and TeXer. There are lots of good (educated) designers and good TeXers, but no good (educated) designer using TeX. The market might be scientific or technical books, where TeX has its advantages
– Pygmalion
Sep 27 '13 at 7:48
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I by no means intend to stop contributing what I can to TeX.SE, but a recent experience begs the question... After helping a friend designing a flyer for a telecom company (for which she got decent remuneration), I find myself wondering whether there is a market for freelance TeX-related jobs, on which I could perhaps make some extra bucks for rainy days.
As an amateur TeXnician with limited general knowledge of graphic design, but with a growing portfolio of decent-looking documents produced with TeX & friends,
- Who, if anyone, should I attempt to sell my TeX skills to?
- Would, say, a publishing company be interested? Or do they generally seek people with a much stronger background in TeX & friends than mine?
- If you are directly getting paid on account of your TeX skills, how did you get started?
Note: I'm not sure whether this question is more appropriate on meta or on the main site. Feel free to migrate it, if necessary. It may be also be more suited as a community wiki, but I feel this isn't my call.
fun
asked Sep 27 '13 at 0:46
jubobsjubobs
41.4k17153240
I by no means intend to stop contributing what I can to TeX.SE, but a recent experience begs the question... After helping a friend designing a flyer for a telecom company (for which she got decent remuneration), I find myself wondering whether there is a market for freelance TeX-related jobs, on which I could perhaps make some extra bucks for rainy days.
As an amateur TeXnician with limited general knowledge of graphic design, but with a growing portfolio of decent-looking documents produced with TeX & friends,
- Who, if anyone, should I attempt to sell my TeX skills to?
- Would, say, a publishing company be interested? Or do they generally seek people with a much stronger background in TeX & friends than mine?
- If you are directly getting paid on account of your TeX skills, how did you get started?
Note: I'm not sure whether this question is more appropriate on meta or on the main site. Feel free to migrate it, if necessary. It may be also be more suited as a community wiki, but I feel this isn't my call.
fun
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asked Sep 27 '13 at 0:46
jubobsjubobs
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asked Sep 27 '13 at 0:46
jubobsjubobs
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jubobs
asked Sep 27 '13 at 0:46
jubobsjubobs
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asked Sep 27 '13 at 0:46
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asked Sep 27 '13 at 0:46
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My answer is neither authoritative nor positive, so just a comment: the problem is that the major consumer of TeX, academia, consists of a lot of very proud, independent people who mostly don't value skill in it but wouldn't let anyone else do it for them. You will therefore not make any money from them. You might make money from their academic publishers but I doubt they need freelance work; since the authors all write their papers themselves they probably keep a TeX editor around to standardize them. I have never found a good answer to your question.
– Ryan Reich
Sep 27 '13 at 1:58
You could provide an email address in your profile so people can contact you, or email me (see my profile).
– Peter Grill
Sep 27 '13 at 5:14
1
I have friends who take papers that have been TeXed by the authors, and "augment" them to work with the journal's specific packages, etc. They make a good deal of money ($30/hr, 40+ hours per week). EDIT: I should mention they are employed by the journal.
– Steve D
Sep 27 '13 at 6:10
I'd say that wherever the end product needs to be a PDF, there's your market. Where TeX has an edge over competition, IMO, is automatic generation of documents. Think of catalogues generated from relational databases and stuff like that.
– morbusg
Sep 27 '13 at 7:22
1
@RyanReich I agree with you that one cannot make money from academic stuff, but at least in my case this is due to the fact there is in general no money in academic sphere. When there is lack of money in country, I bet that politicians start making cuts in such "unnecessary" stuff like science and education. And regarding the original question, I do think there is a market in crossover between designer and TeXer. There are lots of good (educated) designers and good TeXers, but no good (educated) designer using TeX. The market might be scientific or technical books, where TeX has its advantages
– Pygmalion
Sep 27 '13 at 7:48
|
show 3 more comments
11
My answer is neither authoritative nor positive, so just a comment: the problem is that the major consumer of TeX, academia, consists of a lot of very proud, independent people who mostly don't value skill in it but wouldn't let anyone else do it for them. You will therefore not make any money from them. You might make money from their academic publishers but I doubt they need freelance work; since the authors all write their papers themselves they probably keep a TeX editor around to standardize them. I have never found a good answer to your question.
– Ryan Reich
Sep 27 '13 at 1:58
You could provide an email address in your profile so people can contact you, or email me (see my profile).
– Peter Grill
Sep 27 '13 at 5:14
1
I have friends who take papers that have been TeXed by the authors, and "augment" them to work with the journal's specific packages, etc. They make a good deal of money ($30/hr, 40+ hours per week). EDIT: I should mention they are employed by the journal.
– Steve D
Sep 27 '13 at 6:10
I'd say that wherever the end product needs to be a PDF, there's your market. Where TeX has an edge over competition, IMO, is automatic generation of documents. Think of catalogues generated from relational databases and stuff like that.
– morbusg
Sep 27 '13 at 7:22
1
@RyanReich I agree with you that one cannot make money from academic stuff, but at least in my case this is due to the fact there is in general no money in academic sphere. When there is lack of money in country, I bet that politicians start making cuts in such "unnecessary" stuff like science and education. And regarding the original question, I do think there is a market in crossover between designer and TeXer. There are lots of good (educated) designers and good TeXers, but no good (educated) designer using TeX. The market might be scientific or technical books, where TeX has its advantages
– Pygmalion
Sep 27 '13 at 7:48
11
11
My answer is neither authoritative nor positive, so just a comment: the problem is that the major consumer of TeX, academia, consists of a lot of very proud, independent people who mostly don't value skill in it but wouldn't let anyone else do it for them. You will therefore not make any money from them. You might make money from their academic publishers but I doubt they need freelance work; since the authors all write their papers themselves they probably keep a TeX editor around to standardize them. I have never found a good answer to your question.
– Ryan Reich
Sep 27 '13 at 1:58
My answer is neither authoritative nor positive, so just a comment: the problem is that the major consumer of TeX, academia, consists of a lot of very proud, independent people who mostly don't value skill in it but wouldn't let anyone else do it for them. You will therefore not make any money from them. You might make money from their academic publishers but I doubt they need freelance work; since the authors all write their papers themselves they probably keep a TeX editor around to standardize them. I have never found a good answer to your question.
– Ryan Reich
Sep 27 '13 at 1:58
You could provide an email address in your profile so people can contact you, or email me (see my profile).
– Peter Grill
Sep 27 '13 at 5:14
You could provide an email address in your profile so people can contact you, or email me (see my profile).
– Peter Grill
Sep 27 '13 at 5:14
1
1
I have friends who take papers that have been TeXed by the authors, and "augment" them to work with the journal's specific packages, etc. They make a good deal of money ($30/hr, 40+ hours per week). EDIT: I should mention they are employed by the journal.
– Steve D
Sep 27 '13 at 6:10
I have friends who take papers that have been TeXed by the authors, and "augment" them to work with the journal's specific packages, etc. They make a good deal of money ($30/hr, 40+ hours per week). EDIT: I should mention they are employed by the journal.
– Steve D
Sep 27 '13 at 6:10
I'd say that wherever the end product needs to be a PDF, there's your market. Where TeX has an edge over competition, IMO, is automatic generation of documents. Think of catalogues generated from relational databases and stuff like that.
– morbusg
Sep 27 '13 at 7:22
I'd say that wherever the end product needs to be a PDF, there's your market. Where TeX has an edge over competition, IMO, is automatic generation of documents. Think of catalogues generated from relational databases and stuff like that.
– morbusg
Sep 27 '13 at 7:22
1
1
@RyanReich I agree with you that one cannot make money from academic stuff, but at least in my case this is due to the fact there is in general no money in academic sphere. When there is lack of money in country, I bet that politicians start making cuts in such "unnecessary" stuff like science and education. And regarding the original question, I do think there is a market in crossover between designer and TeXer. There are lots of good (educated) designers and good TeXers, but no good (educated) designer using TeX. The market might be scientific or technical books, where TeX has its advantages
– Pygmalion
Sep 27 '13 at 7:48
@RyanReich I agree with you that one cannot make money from academic stuff, but at least in my case this is due to the fact there is in general no money in academic sphere. When there is lack of money in country, I bet that politicians start making cuts in such "unnecessary" stuff like science and education. And regarding the original question, I do think there is a market in crossover between designer and TeXer. There are lots of good (educated) designers and good TeXers, but no good (educated) designer using TeX. The market might be scientific or technical books, where TeX has its advantages
– Pygmalion
Sep 27 '13 at 7:48
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You can make much much money by providing LaTeX service as follows
- www.latextypesetting.com
- www.troubleshooting-tex.de
Just advertise your service to many people and wait for calling. Everything done seriously will success, at worst case nothing to lose.
But I think the existence of this site will disrupt your business because some people get a nice solution free of charge. So advertising this site in your pamphlet will be a blunder.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
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Correction: You can make some money. Getting even the rates of a typical software freelancer is impossible.
– Martin Schröder
Sep 27 '13 at 7:04
15
I don't consider a blunder to advertise this site: It is not my concurrent. I'm not aiming at customers with more or less good latex knowledge and the skill and the time to ask single, well phrased questions with MWE which I can answer in 10 minutes: the overhead for bookkeeping etc would eat up the gain. My customers have a lot of errors, large (often faulty) templates, no clue where to start to solve their problems or to implement some requirements and time pressure. They want continuous support over days (and also for "dumb" or localized questions).
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 7:46
Making your source code inaccessible to your customers should also be considered to prevent others from using it free of charge. (one of my business strategies)
– kiss my armpit
Sep 27 '13 at 8:04
10
In the LaTeX-support business it is up to impossible to keep the code away from the customer. It is also impossible to avoid that they learn how to handle latex problems themselves: that's actually a vital part of my service. Also -- sorry -- my main aim is not to milk as much money as possible from other people. I have been helping people for free for a lot of years and I don't intend to stop. My customers get all the code - they can add it to the tons of free code floating around anyway and (re)use it if they have the skills to do it.
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 9:20
1
@UlrikeFischer Thanks for your very valuable comments. I think you should turn them in a full-fledged answer.
– jubobs
Oct 2 '13 at 14:45
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Whatever the outcome, you can try your luck at the freelancer websites.
https://www.freelancer.com
Another I heard about is upwork.
answered 12 mins ago
MaxMax
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The only way I would assume realistic is by providing typing services to professors, but that usually requires domain-specific knowledge... So, while a nice skill to have, Latex is not something that will make you rich.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
phiphi
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You can make much much money by providing LaTeX service as follows
- www.latextypesetting.com
- www.troubleshooting-tex.de
Just advertise your service to many people and wait for calling. Everything done seriously will success, at worst case nothing to lose.
But I think the existence of this site will disrupt your business because some people get a nice solution free of charge. So advertising this site in your pamphlet will be a blunder.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
3
Correction: You can make some money. Getting even the rates of a typical software freelancer is impossible.
– Martin Schröder
Sep 27 '13 at 7:04
15
I don't consider a blunder to advertise this site: It is not my concurrent. I'm not aiming at customers with more or less good latex knowledge and the skill and the time to ask single, well phrased questions with MWE which I can answer in 10 minutes: the overhead for bookkeeping etc would eat up the gain. My customers have a lot of errors, large (often faulty) templates, no clue where to start to solve their problems or to implement some requirements and time pressure. They want continuous support over days (and also for "dumb" or localized questions).
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 7:46
Making your source code inaccessible to your customers should also be considered to prevent others from using it free of charge. (one of my business strategies)
– kiss my armpit
Sep 27 '13 at 8:04
10
In the LaTeX-support business it is up to impossible to keep the code away from the customer. It is also impossible to avoid that they learn how to handle latex problems themselves: that's actually a vital part of my service. Also -- sorry -- my main aim is not to milk as much money as possible from other people. I have been helping people for free for a lot of years and I don't intend to stop. My customers get all the code - they can add it to the tons of free code floating around anyway and (re)use it if they have the skills to do it.
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 9:20
1
@UlrikeFischer Thanks for your very valuable comments. I think you should turn them in a full-fledged answer.
– jubobs
Oct 2 '13 at 14:45
add a comment |
You can make much much money by providing LaTeX service as follows
- www.latextypesetting.com
- www.troubleshooting-tex.de
Just advertise your service to many people and wait for calling. Everything done seriously will success, at worst case nothing to lose.
But I think the existence of this site will disrupt your business because some people get a nice solution free of charge. So advertising this site in your pamphlet will be a blunder.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
3
Correction: You can make some money. Getting even the rates of a typical software freelancer is impossible.
– Martin Schröder
Sep 27 '13 at 7:04
15
I don't consider a blunder to advertise this site: It is not my concurrent. I'm not aiming at customers with more or less good latex knowledge and the skill and the time to ask single, well phrased questions with MWE which I can answer in 10 minutes: the overhead for bookkeeping etc would eat up the gain. My customers have a lot of errors, large (often faulty) templates, no clue where to start to solve their problems or to implement some requirements and time pressure. They want continuous support over days (and also for "dumb" or localized questions).
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 7:46
Making your source code inaccessible to your customers should also be considered to prevent others from using it free of charge. (one of my business strategies)
– kiss my armpit
Sep 27 '13 at 8:04
10
In the LaTeX-support business it is up to impossible to keep the code away from the customer. It is also impossible to avoid that they learn how to handle latex problems themselves: that's actually a vital part of my service. Also -- sorry -- my main aim is not to milk as much money as possible from other people. I have been helping people for free for a lot of years and I don't intend to stop. My customers get all the code - they can add it to the tons of free code floating around anyway and (re)use it if they have the skills to do it.
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 9:20
1
@UlrikeFischer Thanks for your very valuable comments. I think you should turn them in a full-fledged answer.
– jubobs
Oct 2 '13 at 14:45
add a comment |
You can make much much money by providing LaTeX service as follows
- www.latextypesetting.com
- www.troubleshooting-tex.de
Just advertise your service to many people and wait for calling. Everything done seriously will success, at worst case nothing to lose.
But I think the existence of this site will disrupt your business because some people get a nice solution free of charge. So advertising this site in your pamphlet will be a blunder.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
You can make much much money by providing LaTeX service as follows
- www.latextypesetting.com
- www.troubleshooting-tex.de
Just advertise your service to many people and wait for calling. Everything done seriously will success, at worst case nothing to lose.
But I think the existence of this site will disrupt your business because some people get a nice solution free of charge. So advertising this site in your pamphlet will be a blunder.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
edited Sep 27 '13 at 3:51
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
answered Sep 27 '13 at 3:37
kiss my armpitkiss my armpit
12.9k20170404
12.9k20170404
3
Correction: You can make some money. Getting even the rates of a typical software freelancer is impossible.
– Martin Schröder
Sep 27 '13 at 7:04
15
I don't consider a blunder to advertise this site: It is not my concurrent. I'm not aiming at customers with more or less good latex knowledge and the skill and the time to ask single, well phrased questions with MWE which I can answer in 10 minutes: the overhead for bookkeeping etc would eat up the gain. My customers have a lot of errors, large (often faulty) templates, no clue where to start to solve their problems or to implement some requirements and time pressure. They want continuous support over days (and also for "dumb" or localized questions).
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 7:46
Making your source code inaccessible to your customers should also be considered to prevent others from using it free of charge. (one of my business strategies)
– kiss my armpit
Sep 27 '13 at 8:04
10
In the LaTeX-support business it is up to impossible to keep the code away from the customer. It is also impossible to avoid that they learn how to handle latex problems themselves: that's actually a vital part of my service. Also -- sorry -- my main aim is not to milk as much money as possible from other people. I have been helping people for free for a lot of years and I don't intend to stop. My customers get all the code - they can add it to the tons of free code floating around anyway and (re)use it if they have the skills to do it.
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 9:20
1
@UlrikeFischer Thanks for your very valuable comments. I think you should turn them in a full-fledged answer.
– jubobs
Oct 2 '13 at 14:45
add a comment |
3
Correction: You can make some money. Getting even the rates of a typical software freelancer is impossible.
– Martin Schröder
Sep 27 '13 at 7:04
15
I don't consider a blunder to advertise this site: It is not my concurrent. I'm not aiming at customers with more or less good latex knowledge and the skill and the time to ask single, well phrased questions with MWE which I can answer in 10 minutes: the overhead for bookkeeping etc would eat up the gain. My customers have a lot of errors, large (often faulty) templates, no clue where to start to solve their problems or to implement some requirements and time pressure. They want continuous support over days (and also for "dumb" or localized questions).
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 7:46
Making your source code inaccessible to your customers should also be considered to prevent others from using it free of charge. (one of my business strategies)
– kiss my armpit
Sep 27 '13 at 8:04
10
In the LaTeX-support business it is up to impossible to keep the code away from the customer. It is also impossible to avoid that they learn how to handle latex problems themselves: that's actually a vital part of my service. Also -- sorry -- my main aim is not to milk as much money as possible from other people. I have been helping people for free for a lot of years and I don't intend to stop. My customers get all the code - they can add it to the tons of free code floating around anyway and (re)use it if they have the skills to do it.
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 9:20
1
@UlrikeFischer Thanks for your very valuable comments. I think you should turn them in a full-fledged answer.
– jubobs
Oct 2 '13 at 14:45
3
3
Correction: You can make some money. Getting even the rates of a typical software freelancer is impossible.
– Martin Schröder
Sep 27 '13 at 7:04
Correction: You can make some money. Getting even the rates of a typical software freelancer is impossible.
– Martin Schröder
Sep 27 '13 at 7:04
15
15
I don't consider a blunder to advertise this site: It is not my concurrent. I'm not aiming at customers with more or less good latex knowledge and the skill and the time to ask single, well phrased questions with MWE which I can answer in 10 minutes: the overhead for bookkeeping etc would eat up the gain. My customers have a lot of errors, large (often faulty) templates, no clue where to start to solve their problems or to implement some requirements and time pressure. They want continuous support over days (and also for "dumb" or localized questions).
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 7:46
I don't consider a blunder to advertise this site: It is not my concurrent. I'm not aiming at customers with more or less good latex knowledge and the skill and the time to ask single, well phrased questions with MWE which I can answer in 10 minutes: the overhead for bookkeeping etc would eat up the gain. My customers have a lot of errors, large (often faulty) templates, no clue where to start to solve their problems or to implement some requirements and time pressure. They want continuous support over days (and also for "dumb" or localized questions).
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 7:46
Making your source code inaccessible to your customers should also be considered to prevent others from using it free of charge. (one of my business strategies)
– kiss my armpit
Sep 27 '13 at 8:04
Making your source code inaccessible to your customers should also be considered to prevent others from using it free of charge. (one of my business strategies)
– kiss my armpit
Sep 27 '13 at 8:04
10
10
In the LaTeX-support business it is up to impossible to keep the code away from the customer. It is also impossible to avoid that they learn how to handle latex problems themselves: that's actually a vital part of my service. Also -- sorry -- my main aim is not to milk as much money as possible from other people. I have been helping people for free for a lot of years and I don't intend to stop. My customers get all the code - they can add it to the tons of free code floating around anyway and (re)use it if they have the skills to do it.
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 9:20
In the LaTeX-support business it is up to impossible to keep the code away from the customer. It is also impossible to avoid that they learn how to handle latex problems themselves: that's actually a vital part of my service. Also -- sorry -- my main aim is not to milk as much money as possible from other people. I have been helping people for free for a lot of years and I don't intend to stop. My customers get all the code - they can add it to the tons of free code floating around anyway and (re)use it if they have the skills to do it.
– Ulrike Fischer
Sep 27 '13 at 9:20
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@UlrikeFischer Thanks for your very valuable comments. I think you should turn them in a full-fledged answer.
– jubobs
Oct 2 '13 at 14:45
@UlrikeFischer Thanks for your very valuable comments. I think you should turn them in a full-fledged answer.
– jubobs
Oct 2 '13 at 14:45
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Whatever the outcome, you can try your luck at the freelancer websites.
https://www.freelancer.com
Another I heard about is upwork.
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Whatever the outcome, you can try your luck at the freelancer websites.
https://www.freelancer.com
Another I heard about is upwork.
answered 12 mins ago
MaxMax
676
add a comment |
Whatever the outcome, you can try your luck at the freelancer websites.
https://www.freelancer.com
Another I heard about is upwork.
answered 12 mins ago
MaxMax
676
Whatever the outcome, you can try your luck at the freelancer websites.
https://www.freelancer.com
Another I heard about is upwork.
answered 12 mins ago
MaxMax
676
answered 12 mins ago
MaxMax
676
answered 12 mins ago
MaxMax
676
answered 12 mins ago
MaxMax
676
676
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The only way I would assume realistic is by providing typing services to professors, but that usually requires domain-specific knowledge... So, while a nice skill to have, Latex is not something that will make you rich.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
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The only way I would assume realistic is by providing typing services to professors, but that usually requires domain-specific knowledge... So, while a nice skill to have, Latex is not something that will make you rich.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
phiphi
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The only way I would assume realistic is by providing typing services to professors, but that usually requires domain-specific knowledge... So, while a nice skill to have, Latex is not something that will make you rich.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
phiphi
23415
The only way I would assume realistic is by providing typing services to professors, but that usually requires domain-specific knowledge... So, while a nice skill to have, Latex is not something that will make you rich.
answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
phiphi
23415
answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
phiphi
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answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
phiphi
23415
answered Sep 27 '13 at 0:50
phiphi
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My answer is neither authoritative nor positive, so just a comment: the problem is that the major consumer of TeX, academia, consists of a lot of very proud, independent people who mostly don't value skill in it but wouldn't let anyone else do it for them. You will therefore not make any money from them. You might make money from their academic publishers but I doubt they need freelance work; since the authors all write their papers themselves they probably keep a TeX editor around to standardize them. I have never found a good answer to your question.
– Ryan Reich
Sep 27 '13 at 1:58
You could provide an email address in your profile so people can contact you, or email me (see my profile).
– Peter Grill
Sep 27 '13 at 5:14
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I have friends who take papers that have been TeXed by the authors, and "augment" them to work with the journal's specific packages, etc. They make a good deal of money ($30/hr, 40+ hours per week). EDIT: I should mention they are employed by the journal.
– Steve D
Sep 27 '13 at 6:10
I'd say that wherever the end product needs to be a PDF, there's your market. Where TeX has an edge over competition, IMO, is automatic generation of documents. Think of catalogues generated from relational databases and stuff like that.
– morbusg
Sep 27 '13 at 7:22
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@RyanReich I agree with you that one cannot make money from academic stuff, but at least in my case this is due to the fact there is in general no money in academic sphere. When there is lack of money in country, I bet that politicians start making cuts in such "unnecessary" stuff like science and education. And regarding the original question, I do think there is a market in crossover between designer and TeXer. There are lots of good (educated) designers and good TeXers, but no good (educated) designer using TeX. The market might be scientific or technical books, where TeX has its advantages
– Pygmalion
Sep 27 '13 at 7:48