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Re:Ask HN: Explain to non-techies what you do: Programmer? D... by psadauskas on Sunday October 03, 2010 @06:41PM (#1753851)
Whenever I mention I work on iPhone apps, the person I talk to always has an amazing idea for an app, and thinks I should write it for them.
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Re:Ask HN: Explain to non-techies what you do: Programmer? D... by Zev on Sunday October 03, 2010 @07:06PM (#1753927)
I get that too. I ask what the idea is, and then find some innocent-sounding reason to point out why I wouldn't be a good person to make it, rather than saying I'm not interested or I don't have the time. If the app exists, I'll tell them about it.

Either way, people are happy that they had the chance to talk about their idea and I'm not stuck doing something that I don't want to do.

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