I quit my day job several months ago for my "Android Apps career" and am doing very well and love it. But it's not like I set out to be an Android App developer. I taught myself programming and programmed the hell out of whatever I could, went to university for Electrical Engineering/Robotics, got a job doing Perl/MySQL web stuff, almost bought an iPhone but went for the Nexus One instead and started playing with developing for it after work for fun, eventually it grew into something more. I plan on sticking to my "Android Apps career" as I love it, but if suddenly everyone switches to Chromephones or something, I could easily switch my career to "Computer Science" or "Electrical Engineering" or "iPhone Apps career". Programming is programming, and practicing such is a worthwhile (and fun) use of time.
-Kevin On May 23, 10:25 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to sound braggy, but my app has been netting $3000+/mo in sales > for the past 6 months, after Google's cut. > > It all depends what your app is -- if it's a toy app, expect toy > income from it. If it's an app that adds serious value to people's > lives, expect an income go along with that. It's complete BS what > some iPhone advocates are saying about Android users being cheap. > > That said, even $3000/mo is not a replacement for a real job, to be > honest. > > On May 24, 10:31 am, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would have to agree that for the most part creating Android Apps would not > > be a career. While it is true that a few developers may be able to make it > > a career the majority of us do it for fun... > > > I have three apps on the Android Market (2 paid and 1 free)... All apps are > > rated 4 or 4 1/2 stars and yet my highest months of sales are about $100 > > after Google's cut. Its not bad for a hobby (especially since I write my > > apps because I use and like them) but anyone trying to make it as a full > > time career should have a viable alternative. > > > Thanks, > > Justin Anderson > > MagouyaWare Developerhttp://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Kristopher Micinski <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:11 PM, imran115 <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > > > >> I was wondering what peoples thoughts maybe on the application that > > >> Android are developing, that allows people with no programming > > >> experience to create apps. I am currently learning the basics in > > >> Android development and wanted to pursue it as a career. Is there any > > >> point, as just about anyone will soon be able to create an app? > > > >> The link below shows what I am talking about. > > > >>http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/ > > > >> Will programming for Android apps no longer be a specialist skill, > > >> hence not much of a career? > > > > I'm going to argue that "Android apps" is not a career. > > > > You won't find many people making real money on their apps. Most people > > > do > > > it for a mix of fun and profit, if that. > > > > Android application development is a really niche area, without a solid > > > background in computer science or some related field, you'll quickly be > > > out > > > of a job with no alternative. > > > > But to answer your question, of course not, see the last point in Edsger > > > Dijkstra's "How do we tell truth's that might hurt" :-) > > > > Kris > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
