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Originally Posted by Linguist
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Yeah, I think I first made that observation on a messageboard in about 2000. Back then whenever I told someone what I did for a living they would say "Oh, I've heard that is really easy money". That was a very prevalent belief and sucked a lot of people in. I don't hear that much anymore.
The low barrier to entry brings a lot people in that would otherwise never have thought of running a business or at least, it brings them to business a lot earlier.
Assumably it is evening out now as internet penetration approaches "par". Though it is a little difficult to gauge because I see a lot more international "webmasters" these days than even just 5 years ago.