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From the article: "Most software is not sold in boxes, available on the Internet, or downloaded from the App Store." all you need to do is make awesome apps

From the article: "Most software is not sold in boxes, available on the Internet, or downloaded from the App Store." all you need to do is make awesome apps. Oh, is that all? </sarcasm> The fact is that it's hard to make awesome apps or awesome anything that also makes people enough money to go entirely independent. Especially if you have a family that you need to support. And even if you do decide to be an independent mobile app developer, parts of this article still apply to you. Your job isn't to make apps. For example: "Engineers are hired to create business value, not to program things." Your job is to save people time/money, entertain them, or make their lives easier by making apps.

freemarketteddy 15y ago
Yes in fact that is all...when I say awesome I do mean applications that create real value for people.No bullshit...just good products that people will love to use. You are right.If you have a family and dont really have a million saved,it is not in your best interests to quit your job and jump into the risky world of independent app development.But you can over a period of a year or two (by building up your codebase) get to a point where you are making more money than your corporate job.It is at that point that I recommend you fully jump ship. Agreed that initially you'll have trouble understanding the market and finding applications that people really want.But once you learn to gauge the market, build awesome apps and then market them effectively to people you will lead a much better life than some 9-5 engineering manager at xyz corp filing TPS reports and sucking up to your boss for a promotion. Judging by the current growth of smartphone market even a good calculator app is bound to make you a lot of money in the long run if you can market it effectively. And finally if you know how to search effectively on github you will realize that most of the required classes are already built and open sourced by some hacker out there.And if not maybe you can build it and open source it for your fellow hackers.

freemarketteddy 15y ago

Yes in fact that is all...when I say awesome I do mean applications that create real value for people.No bullshit...just good products that people will love to use. You are right.If you have a family and dont really have a million saved,it is not in your best interests to quit your job and jump into the risky world of independent app development.But you can over a period of a year or two (by building up your codebase) get to a point where you are making more money than your corporate job.It is at that point that I recommend you fully jump ship. Agreed that initially you'll have trouble understanding the market and finding applications that people really want.But once you learn to gauge the market, build awesome apps and then market them effectively to people you will lead a much better life than some 9-5 engineering manager at xyz corp filing TPS reports and sucking up to your boss for a promotion. Judging by the current growth of smartphone market even a good calculator app is bound to make you a lot of money in the long run if you can market it effectively. And finally if you know how to search effectively on github you will realize that most of the required classes are already built and open sourced by some hacker out there.And if not maybe you can build it and open source it for your fellow hackers.