Re:Tell HN: Today I made my first “bucks” on the web
by Rudism on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:13AM
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That's great! It's a good feeling to know someone appreciates what you worked on enough to pay for it.
My first bucks came back in college in 1998 when I made a silly game using Macromedia Shockwave in which you tossed iMacs out of a pickup truck at little Bill Gates clones walking alongside the road. At the end of each play session a screen with my name and home address displayed asking for $5 if you liked the game. A single kind soul sent me a check and a postcard saying they loved it and to keep it up. Sadly I lost the postcard--I wish I had kept better track of it because it would be fun to have as a little keepsake from before I really started my career as a programmer.
My first bucks came back in college in 1998 when I made a silly game using Macromedia Shockwave in which you tossed iMacs out of a pickup truck at little Bill Gates clones walking alongside the road. At the end of each play session a screen with my name and home address displayed asking for $5 if you liked the game. A single kind soul sent me a check and a postcard saying they loved it and to keep it up. Sadly I lost the postcard--I wish I had kept better track of it because it would be fun to have as a little keepsake from before I really started my career as a programmer.