> My first guess is that the fastest route I can provide is Java through the Oracle's Java Programmer II certification and creating an original Android app for

> My first guess is that the fastest route I can provide is Java through the Oracle's Java Programmer II certification and creating an original Android app for Google Play store. Very unreasonable. You're expecting someone will be capable of making an app, making it usable (different skill than the programming part), and then you will be lucky enough to hit upon something people use a lot and are willing to pay for (also 2 different things). I would say you can get to 60k a year a lot faster waiting tables or bar tending in many locals than a new person getting into development, let along trying to strike it rich on an app store. Many people claim the app store gold rush is over, with most people downloading only apps from major companies which don't even charge for theirs. I'm inclined to agree, outside of professional tooling apps, some games, although those are mostly in-app purchase and ad based (additional skills needed to gamify an app, and extremely high active user counts to pull 60k from simple ad inclusions).