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Exposure is something. The fact the developer had the chops to do this is now on the public record. That could be very valuable for getting a job or a college s
by MBCook 3y ago
Exposure is something. The fact the developer had the chops to do this is now on the public record. That could be very valuable for getting a job or a college scholarship (since they’re in HS).
- yellow_lead 3y agoAre you referring to the developer of the GitHub project they bought or the Beeper Mini devs?
- MBCook 3y agoWere they not the same person? You’re right that doesn’t make sense. The GitHub developer I guess. Still his project got noticed because of all of this so it still sort of fits.
- iKlsR 3y agoI did something similar, built an entire app around an undocumented developer api, got a lot of users and then ended up in a good enough position to find out there was a "hidden" official api for sale and it opened a lot of doors as well even to the same site had gotten it from. For someone as young as that with nothing but time, I'm sure they knew the outcome and it blowing up was probably more than they could ask for.
- MBCook 3y agoAnyone who has paid any attention to Apple knew this was gonna happen relatively fast. Doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be an awesome project to do. I don’t blame them one bit. It’s an awesome achievement.
- lolinder 3y agoWhat do the Beeper investors get out of the kid having better job prospects? I don't think anyone is questioning that the whole situation has been great for the kid, the question is what the Beeper execs were thinking.
- evandale 3y agoWho cares about the investors? Why is this an important question? Corporations and investors aren't the only people in the world with an ability to reap their rewards.
- Grustaf 3y agoBeeper should care about their investors, since they are using their money. I think they raised something like 15m.