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<p>A reader just asked me a fascinating question:</p>
<blockquote><p>Could you give a rough estimate of how much time you had to invest until your portfolio started to show a nice return of investment?</p>
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<p>To answer this question we’ll need to subtract a start date from an end date. However, these dates are a bit tricky to pick.</p>
<h3>The Start Date</h3>
<p>There are two possible start dates.</p>
<p>The first date is 2/14. That’s when I published my first package on CRAN. It makes sense to use this date because it’s a key point on my journey of building an R Portfolio. The problem with this date is that I had a full time job at the time, and wasn’t thinking about monetizing my R projects at all.</p>
<p>The second date is 3/15. That’s when I left my full time job and created my own website. At this point I wasn’t sure if it would be possible to make money directly from an R portfolio, but I was interested in finding out.</p>
<h3>The End Date</h3>
<p>This date is much easier to pinpoint. 12/15 stands out because it’s when I successfully launched my first online course. An important point is that the course was self-published. It’s hard to overstate the impact that launching that course had.</p>
<h3>The Short Answer</h3>
<p>So the answer to your question is either <strong>1 year and 10 months</strong> or <strong>9 months</strong>, depending on which start date you want to use.</p>
<h3>The Long Answer</h3>
<p>I did not know that selling a course would have such a big impact. Whichever start date you use, I didn’t have this as my goal at the time. I was moving forward in fits and starts, but not towards this destination. I just didn’t know better.</p>
<p>If you’re just starting out with trying to monetize your R Portfolio, I recommend that you set self-publishing an information product as a goal. It can be a book or a course. Learn from my experience!</p>
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