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0 pointsPyramus4y ago0 comments

It's one thing to "write an app" and something else completely to bring it to a standard consumable by lay users.

Having published and maintained an app that is in active use by even a couple hundred users gives you an advantage in employability and quite a big one at that.

Your post makes it seem like you have neither published an app yourself nor hired single devs who have, and it's easy to not appreciate.

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Grustaf4y ago

I've been a professional iOS developer for a decade. 6 months is way too long for that app. My very first app took 10 weeks, including learning to program, and it was more complex than MaskerAid. And better looking, was even featured in the app store in a few countries.

PyramusOP4y ago

Well then - congratulations! You are an outlier.

From my experience significantly less than 5% of iOS/Android devs have created a somewhat popular app, and maintained it for some time.

Grustaf4y ago

Oh, it wasn't popular, only got a few thousand downloads, I was hired by a social media app right when I finished my own app so I never had time to market it. Not that I would know how to do that. It was just an experiment.

vxNsr4y ago

I just took a look at your website, and your profile there, such as it is, it says you “built product at Apple”. Not sure what that means, though it implies you worked at apple, meanwhile your LinkedIn profile only lists your finance and environmental industry positions, so not really sure what to make of that. Regardless you appear to be a 0.01%er congrats, but no need to talk down to others.

Grustaf4y ago

Unless you want to hire me or invest, you don't need to make anything of that. Just trust me, 6 months is way too long. Or listen to the cohosts' reaction when he mentions it.

Not talking down, just telling it like it is. There is no rule on HN that you may only post laudatory comments. That would make the whole site useless. My point is that if he wants to be employable, he either needs to become more efficient, or at least hide how slow he is.

I'm sure he's raking in cash from the podcast so he shouldn't really worry about it at all in my opinion.

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scarface744y ago

Now let’s say you were already making over a quarter million a year doing one podcast for 3 hours a week. How much effort would you put into an app?

Grustaf4y ago

Zero, that's my point. It's a waste of time.

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0 pointsPyramus4y ago0 comments

It's one thing to "write an app" and something else completely to bring it to a standard consumable by lay users.

Having published and maintained an app that is in active use by even a couple hundred users gives you an advantage in employability and quite a big one at that.

Your post makes it seem like you have neither published an app yourself nor hired single devs who have, and it's easy to not appreciate.

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Grustaf4y ago

PyramusOP4y ago

Well then - congratulations! You are an outlier.

From my experience significantly less than 5% of iOS/Android devs have created a somewhat popular app, and maintained it for some time.

Grustaf4y ago

vxNsr4y ago

Grustaf4y ago

Unless you want to hire me or invest, you don't need to make anything of that. Just trust me, 6 months is way too long. Or listen to the cohosts' reaction when he mentions it.

I'm sure he's raking in cash from the podcast so he shouldn't really worry about it at all in my opinion.

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scarface744y ago

Now let’s say you were already making over a quarter million a year doing one podcast for 3 hours a week. How much effort would you put into an app?

Grustaf4y ago

Zero, that's my point. It's a waste of time.

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