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You sound to be of the same vintage as myself, and the same sentiments as well.
I see little point in the investment in 'app' building when I'm fully occupied (and I do mean FULLY occupied) with software contracts that will keep me so occupied, fed and watered long into my forthcoming retirement. I would also have to persuade all our other members of staff around the world, that this was a good option (no chance).
I started in computing, by sitting at a microscope and hand punching numbers into paper tape and then writing a program to analyse the data in a language called Mercury Autcode to be run on a KDF9. Anybody remember those, way back in the 60s?
Rob in the West Riding
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Collin Jasnoch wrote: If you refuse to try then you have already failed.
In that case I am a failed astronaut, a failed cross-Atlantic swimmer, and a failed top lingerie model.
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But I am not a failed Windows 8 developer because I have never even tried to develop for Windows 8. I would only be a failed Windows 8 developer if I had tried it and failed.
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Which, lets face it, isn't going to happen.
There are better products out there, there are less restrictive stores which demand a far lower percentage of the price.
And I am not about to cough up for Apple "products" on the off-chance that investing a significant amount of work in learning to code for it and pass the (by all reports rather arbitrary) Apple scrutineering in order to make more money for them than I do for me.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I don't think they said anything about Apple. Just "an App Store". Cause if it was for Apple's app store, I would have had an expletive in front of my NO.
Hogan
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Looks like a challenge, which sounds like fun and gives you experience which looks good on your resume
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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My boss must know what he's doing, so there would not be much of a discussion about it. Personally. I would not think it's worth my time.
The company behind the store wants a generous share of 30% of whatever I get for the program. And that's before the government comes and wants to have about 50% of my income. It would be kind of desperate to have to live from pennies.
And there would also be the risk of doing all the development, only to find your work being rejected in a more or less obscure reviewing process.
Thanks, but I think I will pass on this generous offer.
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