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"But for approximately 93% of the fortunate developers that “won” the chance to write code against the Campbell’s soup API (!), they get… nothing." "If you wan
by arikrak 14y ago
"But for approximately 93% of the fortunate developers that “won” the chance to write code against the Campbell’s soup API (!), they get… nothing."
"If you want to go it alone, just pay $25 to Google (or $99 to Apple) and start writing and selling apps."
I don't think app developers have the best odds either:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/business/as-boom-lures-app-creators-tough-part-is-making-a-living.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/business/as-boom-lures-app...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404012,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404012,00.asp
- dannyr 14y agoHaving a working app on the Play Store is good for developers. Even if the app doesn't get a lot of downloads, they can at least show the app to prospective employers. For the Campbell Hackathon, developer has nothing to show since API access is revoked at the end.