Nope. Doing something decent that lets you earn money isn't a waste of time.
You can say that bounty campaign will be a waste of Time if at the end of the project, you will not get paid because of some reasons. Maybe it turns out to a scam or the project failed to meet their expectations. But honestly, bounty is very helpful to us and i will not definetly see it as a waste of time coz i love what i am doing.