RickDT

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by RickDT 9y ago
Lyme disease is NOT sexually transmitted. https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/faq/index.html
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by RickDT 13y ago
We may do a follow-up survey to attempt to confirm our assumption that the vast majority of people that make money from apps are doing so by invoicing clients, rather than selling apps in the store(s).
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by RickDT 13y ago
Especially comparing the average rates to proficiency and locale, I was surprised. I would expect Journeymen and Master to be charging more than $100/hr on average. Same with people in tech-heavy areas. But, our data may be skewed this
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by RickDT 13y ago
I hadn't considered the transitioners. That's a good point. The other way to look at it is that they don't know how bad they are yet :) When you first start to learn something, you feel like you know everything until you get
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by RickDT 13y ago
Fantastic point on challenging your own perceptions of the value of an hour, the market, etc. We really hope this survey (and subsequent ones that we plan to do) gives people an additional data point to consider.
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by RickDT 13y ago
- The survey was anonymous (unless you signed up to get the results). And, I don't think anyone is trying to impress us ;) - The data clearly shows that this is per hour (see the data here: http://bigswing.com/ios-rates
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by RickDT 13y ago
All of the above. We posted here on HN, on Twitter, our blog, and we emailed some people that we knew would want to participate.
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by RickDT 13y ago
Point taken, but if you look at the results page (linked in the post), it's a lot more clear: http://bigswing.com/ios-rates-2013
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by RickDT 13y ago
I will freely admit that I suck as stats and data viz. We'll track the feedback and add to the results page.
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Insights into the 2013 iOS Developer Survey(bigswing.com)
42 points by RickDT 13y ago|28 comments
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A survey of what iOS developers charge for 2013(bigswing.com)
4 points by RickDT 13y ago|0 comments
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Creative Technology(bigswing.com)
1 points by RickDT 13y ago|0 comments
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by RickDT 13y ago
If you have any recommendation on finding/using a part-time sales person, I'm all ears! Dedicated sales would be awesome, but it'll be a while before we can hire this as a F/T position.
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by RickDT 13y ago
This is the mindset we're trying to adopt now. Say yes, because too much work is a much better problem than not enough work.
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by RickDT 13y ago
This was the biggest "oh crap, what did we do to ourselves?" moment. Effectively saying "no" took us off those people's radars permanently.
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by RickDT 13y ago
Awesome suggestions all around. We're definitely going to be trying out all of the above to see what fits.
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How “We’re booked” was ruining our business(bigswing.squarespace.com)
111 points by RickDT 13y ago|39 comments