Sherry: Ministry of Testing stayed an unmonetized side project for three years
Rosie Sherry · Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization · Jan 22, 2021 · at 4:04
Rosie Sherry describes the early history and initial monetization of bootstrapping the software tester community Ministry of Testing.
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“I started it, you know, very much like as a side project without really kind of intentions to turn it into a business. And I kept it like that for three years. It was about three years. I made a bit of money along the way. We're talking like maybe a hundred dollars here or there for like advertising.”
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