Actually, there probably never will be another opportunity as good as the one Bill Gates had to write BASIC for the MITS Altair. There were thousands of programmers with the skills (many with much better skills), but none had the free time personally and access to free computer time.
On May 26, 2:54 pm, Ali Chousein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, what you write is correct, but this applies in business in > general, no matter which field you function in. This fact has nothing > to do with whether a platform has been designed well or poorly. > Without the ecosystem of a company it always is and will always be > difficult, tricky and risky to monetize your skills. However, the > latest revolution in mobile increases the probability (probably > slightly) for some people to make big jumps in their lives. Of course > writing any application for Android/iPhone/WinMobile/ > Blackberry/"Probably more to come" does not guarantee you to establish > your own business and become rich. > > On May 26, 9:09 pm, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yeah, that's more or less what I said first, and the "legs" comment > > was just an aside. To be successful as an independent developer, > > selling your own stuff (even if you have Android and Amazon markets) > > it a one in a million shot (literally). To put food on the table and > > the kids through college you should either work for some company or > > work as a contractor for other companies. (And for the latter you > > need to be a pretty good salesman, with good people skills.) -- 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
