That figure is based on, "Here is how much I didn't get paid that I could otherwise have expected to be paid by the contract that I let slide so that I could work on this article."
So no, I'm not valuing my increase in knowledge. And am not valuing the publicity that these articles have received. (Though the fact that I have people ready to pay me for my time suggests that I don't need marketing at the moment.) It is a look at where my bank account stands right now relative to where it would have stood if I had not chosen to write these articles.
So no, I'm not valuing my increase in knowledge. And am not valuing the publicity that these articles have received. (Though the fact that I have people ready to pay me for my time suggests that I don't need marketing at the moment.) It is a look at where my bank account stands right now relative to where it would have stood if I had not chosen to write these articles.