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A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Wow.. I don't make near that much writing iPhone apps - never have - and I've been in this world since before it was legit. Who are these people?!

Either people developing for big companies without experience, or crooks.

Damn, I should have put more thought into that before talking. I wish HN had an editing option, now: I feel kinda stupid.

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Wow.. I don't make near that much writing iPhone apps - never have - and I've been in this world since before it was legit. Who are these people?!

I charge about that much. I've had to turn away a lot of smaller projects because I'm way overburdened at the moment. It's amazing how coders don't actually know C anymore. It seems like a rare skill these days. I also have a ton of embedded development experience (Sony PSP, PS3, XBox 360) that transfers well. I teach an iPhone Game Design course at the local polytechnic institute that has been good for marketing. An…

wow that is impressive... where do you live?? waht kinds of projects do you normally get?

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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I can't believe the author didn't suggest that you learn Obj-C yourself!?

He works for a publisher of books that help you learn by yourself and he says...

"If you believe in your iPhone application idea passionately, maybe, just maybe there is someone out there who will share your passion and that you can motivate to work under different terms than the going contract rate."

Someone == YOU! Learn iPhone dev yourself!

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Either people developing for big companies without experience, or crooks.

Damn, I should have put more thought into that before talking. I wish HN had an editing option, now: I feel kinda stupid.

Life goes on :-)

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I charge about that much. I've had to turn away a lot of smaller projects because I'm way overburdened at the moment. It's amazing how coders don't actually know C anymore. It seems like a rare skill these days. I also have a ton of embedded development experience (Sony PSP, PS3, XBox 360) that transfers well. I teach an iPhone Game Design course at the local polytechnic institute that has been good for marketing. An…

wow that is impressive... where do you live?? waht kinds of projects do you normally get?

actually the "where do you live" question was more about the iphone-app demand inquiry rather than for stalking purposes :D

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Yes but he has 10 years experience developing for the iPhone.

I realize this was a joke, but 10 years experience developing Cocoa applications on Mac OS X (and previously Nextstep) is essentially the same. Slightly different UI classes, but otherwise mostly the same.

And yes, there are people with 10 year experience with this stuff (Wil Shipley comes to mind)

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Either people developing for big companies without experience, or crooks.

Damn, I should have put more thought into that before talking. I wish HN had an editing option, now: I feel kinda stupid.

Now you get to feel doubly stupid since HN _does_ have an edit option!

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

wow that is impressive... where do you live?? waht kinds of projects do you normally get?

actually the "where do you live" question was more about the iphone-app demand inquiry rather than for stalking purposes :D

You got downmodded (I think) because he said where he lives: vancouver.

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Damn, I should have put more thought into that before talking. I wish HN had an editing option, now: I feel kinda stupid.

Now you get to feel doubly stupid since HN _does_ have an edit option!

Not after you're downvoted to a certain degree. Otherwise I'd have deleted it outright and made a better comment.

Re: A full-time contract iPhone developer costs $5,000/week

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now you get to feel doubly stupid since HN _does_ have an edit option!

Not after you're downvoted to a certain degree. Otherwise I'd have deleted it outright and made a better comment.

No, it's not downvotes, it's time - I think you get around 1 hour to edit or delete it.
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