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I think you are the person who has achieved the most here on hacker news. You lack the ego of a lot of the people who are constantly writing advice articles on
by maxklein 16y ago
I think you are the person who has achieved the most here on hacker news. You lack the ego of a lot of the people who are constantly writing advice articles on how to run a startup (where they don't even have a startup). And you started with small doable things, and worked your way up to a pretty high income (for where you live).
The courage to go through this, and the lack of ego in selecting the products is quite inspiring for me. I think people like you should be our real heros, not the people who constantly write comments for upvotes and write fluffy articles about startups.
Like I always say: making money on the internet is not hard! If you want to make money on the net, there are many many ways to do so. But most people are out there trying to do stuff that will impress hacker news users. Just keep your mouth shut, make money and forget about all the critics here.
There are many, many people who really just care about being lauded by their peers. These are people that are trying to insert themselves into a startupy group of people. They are more interested in the social than in the money. The ones interested in the money are not writing idle comments about various unimportant stuff.
Kreci is doing it right. He has found ways to make money, he keeps finding new ways and every month his income keeps growing. Is that not what this game is all about?
- galactus 16y agoI agree. And he does not pretend he is changing the world, as some people here seem to think they are.
- kreci 16y agoThanks for great comment. I am trying all my best to make a living and to inspire some more people to do what I do. As it is really great to be your own boss... =)
- jacquesm 16y agoKreci is doing something right, but I don't think 'cracked screens', 'fake x-ray scanners', 'beauty tips' or 'nuclear buttons' are pushing the envelope on android development in ways that matter. All of them are clear rip-offs (or should I say re-implementations) of similar (useless) apps for the iphone. I'd put the bar a bit higher and say, ok, you've found the way, now make something really impressive instead of a series of knock-offs of 0 utility apps. The virtual drums and the wp stats apps are more like it.
- watty 16y agoSome HN users motivation for side projects is to impress other HN users, "make something really impressive". Others are trying to make money and this is how Kreci succeeded (a la Notch).
- jacquesm 16y agoLet me reword that to 'useful' instead of impressive.
- maxklein 16y agoWho defines what is 'useful'? I have a cousin, he sits at home all day, watching TV. When he buys apps, he does not want or care for things like 'currency bot'. Why would he care about that, he never needs to convert currency. But if he sees something like the x-ray stuff, he'd be quite entertained by it. For him, it's much more useful than a VIM clone for android. Your definition of useful is not the same as most of the worlds definition.
- CrazedGeek 16y agouse·ful 1. being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society. 2. of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results; supplying common needs: the useful arts; useful work. Seems to me that his definition is spot on.
- steveklabnik 16y agoThe point maxklein was making is that these apps are useful to someone, otherwise, kreci wouldn't be making money from them. Just because we don't deem them useful here doesn't mean there aren't people who do find them useful.
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- alnayyir 16y agoThis comment is the positive side to what I've been complaining about and been seeking all along in this community. Thank you.
- drtse4 16y agoArticle on SAI: http://www.businessinsider.com/android-developer-is-making-over-1000-per-month-from-ads-2010-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/android-developer-is-making-o...