There's a wide yawning gulf of difference between $17000 a month and $80000 a month. One is the average for a senior SW rockstar in the Valley and can afford you a nice 3BR/2BA "meh" house in SF that may very well be on the border of Sketchytown; the other (if consistent and/or repeatable) is Burj al-Arab 3000 square foot suite on holiday, owning condo a short walk to the Marina and the Palace of Fine Arts, FU money.
And, what makes you think they aren't doing something they care about? They are attacking niches within the app store with extreme prejudice. And, that in itself is allowing them to do whatever they feel like doing. The ultimate goal of building a business is to gain the resources to help you manage your _time_ the way you see fit, whether that is through philanthropic causes, building lasting businesses in other areas, self-actualization, focusing on the family, or examining the finer things in life. The #1 goal on DHH's and Zuck's and Ballmer's mind-- the double super secret final endzone fat lady singing goal-- is money. Let's _never_ forget that.
And, how is making derivative apps and giving it away to make ad revenue "shite"? It's simply another avenue to success. I guess patio11 should just hang his head in shame for working on "yet another work scheduler app". This line of thinking is just lazy and supremely pompous.
Moreover, how does conducting a very public and financially candid interview merit being called "a social retard?" That's just such a vicious and insulting attack that I can't even begin to see why anyone would upvote it. Pathetic. And, the envy in you is so deep and bile-ridden as to be wading in it.
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There's a wide yawning gulf of difference between $17000 a month and $80000 a month. One is the average for a senior SW rockstar in the Valley and can afford you a nice 3BR/2BA "meh" house in SF that may very well be on the border of Sketchytown; the other (if consistent and/or repeatable) is Burj al-Arab 3000 square foot suite on holiday, owning condo a short walk to the Marina and the Palace of Fine Arts, FU money.
And, what makes you think they aren't doing something they care about? They are attacking niches within the app store with extreme prejudice. And, that in itself is allowing them to do whatever they feel like doing. The ultimate goal of building a business is to gain the resources to help you manage your _time_ the way you see fit, whether that is through philanthropic causes, building lasting businesses in other areas, self-actualization, focusing on the family, or examining the finer things in life. The #1 goal on DHH's and Zuck's and Ballmer's mind-- the double super secret final endzone fat lady singing goal-- is money. Let's _never_ forget that.
And, how is making derivative apps and giving it away to make ad revenue "shite"? It's simply another avenue to success. I guess patio11 should just hang his head in shame for working on "yet another work scheduler app". This line of thinking is just lazy and supremely pompous.
Moreover, how does conducting a very public and financially candid interview merit being called "a social retard?" That's just such a vicious and insulting attack that I can't even begin to see why anyone would upvote it. Pathetic. And, the envy in you is so deep and bile-ridden as to be wading in it.