Ask HN: How can a skilless person make money online?

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Given a person with very few marketable skills, how can this person make money online?

There are services such as Amazon’s mechanical turk that fit the bill, though the given example usually nets less than $8 an hour.

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Why not develop at least one skill to a more marketable level? The amount you earn is generally related to the value of your skill. Developing a rare skill is generally more lucrative than developing a more broadly available one. For example a food delivery person earns less than a high-rise building window washer. Good sales people often out earn programmers. NB: the accent is on "good" as opposed to average, which applies to many fields of work.

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