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Re:Show HN: I taught my little brother JS, and he made this ... by nurettin on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:25AM (#18871739)
That was the next logical step during the early 2000s. Every bright-eyed college freshman on IRC was "recruiting" for his next awesome MMORPG idea.
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Re:Show HN: I taught my little brother JS, and he made this ... by skocznymroczny on Thursday January 10, 2019 @02:41AM (#18872208)
It's still a thing. On gamedev forums and subreddits you still have people assembling a team. Of course he can't do any programming, he's only an idea guy and needs 5 programmers, 3 writers, 7 artists etc.
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Re:Show HN: I taught my little brother JS, and he made this ... by kungtotte on Friday January 11, 2019 @01:43AM (#18881480)
No he can't pay you anything, you'll get shares in the company which eventually will be worth gazillions because the idea is so good.
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