An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
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An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
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Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#2You have put yourself out there and published a game. The fame, money and problems come along with that naturally. If you learn to deal with it now, you might be more successful in the future, but if you back off now there is not chance of progress.
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#3I think it's a little different in that Dave Chappelle was on TV and people knew him because they saw him. Dong Nguyen is a developer and while he will still be famous it will be among a much smaller community (in my opinion).
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#4An open letter comparing him to Dave Chapelle is probably not a good plan, given his statement:
Press people are overrating the success of my games. It is something I never want. Please give me peace.
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#5This article is weirdly condescending. "Buck up and keep coding, little feller!"
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#6You have put yourself out there and published a game. The fame, money and problems come along with that naturally. If you learn to deal with it now, you might be more successful in the future, but if you back off now there is not chance of progress.
You assume this "progress" is desirable. Maybe the guy would prefer to take his app store millions and retire in peace. :P
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#7You have put yourself out there and published a game. The fame, money and problems come along with that naturally. If you learn to deal with it now, you might be more successful in the future, but if you back off now there is not chance of progress.
You assume this "progress" is desirable. Maybe the guy would prefer to take his app store millions and retire in peace. :P
His twitter comments would disagree with that.
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#8This article is weirdly condescending. "Buck up and keep coding, little feller!"
Almost every time something is labeled as "an open letter", you can be sure it's going to be condescending self righteous egotistical BS.
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#9You have put yourself out there and published a game. The fame, money and problems come along with that naturally. If you learn to deal with it now, you might be more successful in the future, but if you back off now there is not chance of progress.
He won the lottery. He didn't develop something meaningful. That must be rough. Imagine if you hacked together a "hello world" program, and it made you a millionaire. Wouldn't that kinda suck?
Re: An open letter to Dong Nguyen, creator of Flappy Bird
#10Maybe he loves programming just for the sake of programming, not for sake of earning money. Not all of us want to corrupt our souls.