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How first 0.05$ from Medium changed my writing

Piotr Kolawa
4 min readOct 21, 2020

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I’m a self-taught engineer who has started as Wordpress developer and became Technical Lead in less than decade. You might ask: why in a world I started writing on Medium? The answer is simple: I wanted to experience something new. And since my early days I was obsessed with media: I worked as a producer and news writer at online radio station, later I was developing software for biggest online publisher in Poland. So there was always something in my life, keeping me close to content publishing. And to be honest: media is one of the most vital industries I’ve ever seen. And right now you can be part of it and someday even get paid… a little.

My first earning for single article on Medium.com

Maybe it’s because we’re the witness of most radical change in the history of this business? Everything goes online: newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV, books etc. Everyone has to adapt. Some people will get fired, but for many new possibilities will come up. Also for me.

#1: Don’t write for yourself, you already know that article

You think, you are the best at doing things you do daily, and that’s true.
For most people it’s work, but what if I told you, that…

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Piotr Kolawa
Piotr Kolawa

Written by Piotr Kolawa

I’m an Engineering Manager, telling my own stories. Sometimes about IT, sometimes about my country, mostly about LinkedIn and HR.

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