I would qualify that a bit: you really get paid what you are worth TO OTHER PEOPLE. This is not only in money but in other ways as well. By doing good to others, with no expectation of repayment, we gather a purse that can never be filled.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. Luke 12:33

If I spend an hour of my time to write a Steemit article and a few dozen people read it, only a few upvote and it earns $0.02, it's pretty much given away at no cost. Rejoice! Give and it shall be given to you. If we are rewarded .1% of the good that we do, the balance is stored in Heaven! Rejoice!

Oh and upvotes cost us almost NOTHING! Something as valuable as an upvote costs us nothing but a few seconds of our time.

Freely you have received; freely give Matthew 10:8

That's my $0.02 @ironshield