The figure I gave was net. After paying my Internet bill, after buying my WWDC ticket and a couple of ipads, a development machine or so a year, and finding all

The figure I gave was net. After paying my Internet bill, after buying my WWDC ticket and a couple of ipads, a development machine or so a year, and finding all my gigs. Plus factor in that OP wants someone to maintain existing apps (far from bad, but not terribly exciting work) and you have what would be (for me) a really crappy deal. There are certainly people out there for whom this would be a good fit. I'm simply not one of them, and I suspect there are quite a few people out there my age who make more than I do between the app store and consulting. With normal programming, you can sort of snag developers right out of school before they know what's competitive pay. All qualified iPhone devs already have a paying gig with apple, and many consult for decent pay.