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No, he hasn't always been an android developer, plus the guy hasn't always been a developer (designed electronics for NASA before). You really believe anyone ca
by zerostar07 14y ago
No, he hasn't always been an android developer, plus the guy hasn't always been a developer (designed electronics for NASA before). You really believe anyone can write their wikipedia page and not have it deleted within 10 seconds? Personally i think there's a lot more to learn from seasoned developers who have literally seen it all, rather than the next-instagram-wannabe boys that frequent here.
- lutusp 14y ago> Personally i think there's a lot more to learn from seasoned developers ... Thanks, but for balance, I recently had a conversation with a talented young developer who, unlike me, is fully conversant with modern times. I said, "How do the Angry Birds developers make money if they give away their app?" He patiently replied, "It shows advertisements." My mid-20th century brain slowly wrapped itself around this idea: an application whose apparent purpose is to entertain, but whose real purpose is to deliver eyeballs to a vendor. Hmm.
- zerostar07 14y agoThat's not really a programming/development concept.
- lutusp 14y agoMaking money? Only if the programmer under discussion is a salaried employee, disconnected from any economic issues apart from being paid regularly. Some programmers still market what they write. Granted, this is a shrinking sector.
- zargon 14y agoThey also sell lots of Angry Birds merchandise. Clothing and plushies and pencil erasers and coloring books and keychains and usb drives and multitudes of other branded products. This article says that 30% of their revenue comes from merchandising and licensing: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/roundup/rovio-profits-from-angry-birds-1079413 http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/roundup/rovio...