David Markey, a 22-year-old senior studying applied mathematics and economics at Brown University, got his first Amazon Echo during the e-commerce giant's Prime Day sale in 2016.
"I set up my apartment with smart lights and I used the Echo for setting timers for cooking, and I really enjoyed it," he says. He was also listening to various flash briefings every morning."I found that to be a really good way to get the news while I was having my morning coffee." He looked at his user numbers and"It was way more than I expected," he says, though he declines to disclose specifics. An Amazon representative also declined to comment on user numbers.
"[I] had a very inspiring chat with one of the higher-ups working on the Echo, and decided that I was going to push through," he says. For other ambitious young people who would like to make extra cash, Markey suggests using digital tools like Storyline. And now Amazon provides free resources to teach anyone — regardless of coding talent — how to create a skill.
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