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The problem the author probably had (and one I've experienced at times) is that those "cool projects that bring him joy and/or money" are not very cool. Unfortu
by Locke1689 15y ago
The problem the author probably had (and one I've experienced at times) is that those "cool projects that bring him joy and/or money" are not very cool. Unfortunately, web programming is boring. And easy. And lucrative. This means that you may not enjoy your RoR apps, but you have to do them because your more challenging projects aren't immediately monetizeable.
Building iPhone projects, on the other hand can be quite fun
This is where I think we may disagree. Fundamentally, most iPhone projects are too easy to be interesting. It's like chopping wood all day.
- ido 15y agoIt may be easy in the purely technical sense, but that can be exactly the thing to afford you a view into the other aspects of making and selling software beside the programming (design, marketing, etc). You might even learn that the coding is indeed not the hardest part of making a living off of your own software projects :)
- Locke1689 15y agoThat doesn't mean I'll get any more enjoyment out of it. My parents are both physicians -- I know their job is very difficult. Medicine, however, doesn't appeal to me. What does is hard technical problems.
- grimen 15y ago"web programming is boring" I got no more to say than: "prove it scientifically" (you can't). How can you say web programming is boring as a fact? It's your view.
- Locke1689 15y agoIt doesn't need to be any more than my opinion: my point was that some people (myself and probably the poster included) will never be satisfied by just web programming or just iPhone development. bad_user attempted to say that he should work on "real" projects that are "fun" like web dev and mobile dev, but we don't and won't find those fun.