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Re:IOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of developers... by evilduck on Friday May 04, 2012 @03:59PM (#3930080)
Selling your time and skills isn't selling pickaxes. That's just offering to dig for gold at a cost above what you'll find when you dig.
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Re:IOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of developers... by incomethax on Friday May 04, 2012 @04:32PM (#3930217)
Exactly. In the app gold rush, the ones selling pickaxes are Apple and Google with iOS and Android.
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Re:IOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of developers... by evilduck on Friday May 04, 2012 @04:42PM (#3930271)
Or writing books, holding seminars, training sessions, selling development tools, etc.

RubyMotion is a great recent pickaxe example. Write for the App Store using Ruby for only $150 now or $200 later! Buy Now!

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