Wish me luck! — To be eligible for monetization on Twitter, you need: 500 followers At least 5M impressions on your posts within the last 3 months a Premium subscription If you meet these criteria, you’re eligible for ad revenue sharing. 500 followers is easy I already have them, but a classic follow4follow scheme would bring me there…

Good price for you my (Medium) friend — At first, I promised myself not to say anything about this big secret, but after some soul-searching and deep reflection, I realized it was better to forget about ethics and moral standards in exchange for the recognition I deserve (aka claps and follows). Here’s the BIG secret. Read it quickly…

Catchy title — am I right? — After August changes, we arrived at a crazy situation where one 30-second read (with the highlight/clap/comment trifecta) could earn as much as 80 cents to the writer of the corresponding article. After seven articles, such an ideal reader would have earned the writer(s) a total of 7x$0.80 = $5.60. That’s…

A lesson I learned from my grandma — As a young manager, I had to supervise a team of data experts. Before approving any strategic decision, the executive committee asked my team for data. These people played a crucial role in the financial health of our company. The funniest was that most people trusted us to be non-partisan…

Is anybody having the same issue? — So, a weird thing happened yesterday I published my usual article about my favorite topic (myself) and how I bumped my little toe into my night table when I woke up at 5:32 AM to feed the cat who was complaining in the kitchen, which I hadn’t cleaned the evening before because the horse stall mats…

Two words: good luck! — I’m not on the market yet, but if corporate life has told me anything, it’s that planning for the future is usually a good idea. And I’ve brainstormed the topic with my older friends so often that I have a fair idea of where senior men can find their (next)…

My choice of title is not innocent — I used to live in a dumpster. We shared it with another family. People walked by our place and threw garbage at us. People threw their trash in our home!!! Can you imagine? It was smelly. My classmates made fun of the banana peels in my hair. I didn’t have…

For writers only — You know the feeling when you write a piece that is nothing more than a pile of dreck, but you still want to publish it because you spent so much time writing it? It’s hard to let go. I understand. And if your light OCD convinced you to participate in…

Money played a role, but it was mostly for financial reasons — A friend once got a marriage proposal after telling a joke during a business lunch. Me? I got a 7-figure job offer. At 22, with a master’s in law and administration, I was young and idealist and wanted to change the world. I joined my local government to help them…