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App development with Swift gets you great things such as upgrading your iPhone, but then getting locked out of development because xcode is out of date. But wait, the next version of xcode requires your OSX installation to be Sierra (which your computer is not candidate for upgrading to)! Excellent.
You develop for the most lucrative software market on the planet with an 8 year old computer?
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it's also one of the highest-paying software niches this might not last, but you can always switch to android. unless mobile dies out completely, but that won't happen for a while
> it's also one of the highest-paying software niches Thats a myth, app development is one of lowest-paying software niches. Many don't even earn enough to recover their $99 fee. Sure, Apple hands out a huge pile of cash but almost all of it goes to King, SuperCell and other big corps.
I still make $1,000 to $2,000 a month from my old apps, without updating them.
I now make over $130k a year (salary + benefits) in my day job doing iOS development, in a city with one of the lowest large city cost of living in the U.S.
Apple just announced they've paid out over $70B to iOS App developers since the store opened. You don't have to be an owner of King or SuperCell to have gotten your share of that money.
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> it's also one of the highest-paying software niches Thats a myth, app development is one of lowest-paying software niches. Many don't even earn enough to recover their $99 fee. Sure, Apple hands out a huge pile of cash but almost all of it goes to King, SuperCell and other big corps.
I'm talking about salaries working for one of those big corps, and I'm talking specifically about iOS, which is higher than Android when comparing mid-level and senior salaries. This is based from what I've seen on Glassdoor, and from talking to recruiters in my area (SoCal).
Different worlds I guess...
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> it's also one of the highest-paying software niches Thats a myth, app development is one of lowest-paying software niches. Many don't even earn enough to recover their $99 fee. Sure, Apple hands out a huge pile of cash but almost all of it goes to King, SuperCell and other big corps.
My IOS app business failed and I was forced to take a job at a company with a free iOS app. Net result? I still make $1,000 to $2,000 a month from my old apps, without updating them. I now make over $130k a year (salary + benefits) in my day job doing iOS development, in a city with one of the lowest large city cost of living in the U.S. Apple just announced they've paid out over $70B to iOS App developers since the…
But multiple studies have shown that only a select few make the big bucks:
https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/21/the-majority-of-todays-app...