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This is 2nd order conventional wisdom. No doubt maintenance of an app takes time and effort. But the numbers thrown around assume high hourly rates for all invo
by ramanujan 16y ago
This is 2nd order conventional wisdom. No doubt maintenance of an app takes time and effort. But the numbers thrown around assume high hourly rates for all involved. The only real cost is time and a grad student living on ramen can knock out something pretty decent in a month or so (less if they already know Objective-C).
- guelo 16y agoI've seen many a business plan fail using the "we'll just hire some college students" strategy.
- Zev 16y agoAnd I've seen many spaghetti messes that had to be cleaned up by full-time "developers" who cared more about getting paid than if their code worked, let alone if it could be maintained.
- guelo 16y agoThis is true, there are many crappy developers out there. How do you find the good ones that take pride in the quality of their work? I don't know, except to say if you don't haven any technical know-how the best way is probably the same you might find a good plumber or auto mechanic or dentist or lawyer or any other professional service, hope you get lucky with some good references. I never hear people looking for those services ever saying "screw it I'll just get some cheap kids with no experience".
- davidwparker 16y agoAs a grad student just now learning Objective-C, I disagree. I barely have time to hack for myself with all of my school work.