Are you saying developers aren&#x27;t as smart as teachers, or are cheapskates even though they make far more money?<p><i>A Sharing Economy Where Teachers Win</i>: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10179385" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10179385</a><p><i>&quot;To date, Teacher Synergy, the company behind the site, has paid about $175 million to its teacher-authors, says Adam Freed, the company’s chief executive. The site takes a 15 percent commission on most sales.&quot;</i><p><i>&quot;Teachers often spend hours preparing classroom lesson plans to reinforce the material students are required to learn, and many share their best materials with colleagues. Founded in 2006, TeachersPayTeachers speeds up this lesson-plan prep work by monetizing exchanges between teachers and enabling them to make faster connections with farther-flung colleagues.&quot;</i>