The real cost of a $250 crowdsourcing job

Kevin Garcia: > Here is where things start to get rough for you, the designer. According to the Labor Law Center The federal minimum wage as of 07/24/2009, is $7.25 per hour. > > This means that if we assume just one hour of design for every one of the 143 entries in that project, we are looking at a total of $1036.75 in real-costs for that project. Assuming one hour per design. Assuming minimum wage. Great perspective on what it really costs designers to participate in crowdsourcing. [ Via Twitter ]