Comments on: Not quite time to quit your day job http://futureoftheinternet.org/not-quite-time-to-quit-your-day-job Jonathan Zittrain is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bertil Hatt http://futureoftheinternet.org/not-quite-time-to-quit-your-day-job/comment-page-1#comment-14318 Bertil Hatt Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:36:36 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=983#comment-14318 The fact that most developpers don't live off their Apps (provided it's clear to them they won't) is the proof that it's a very generative platform, where anyone can try to make a difference, not short of having a dedicated investment on the topic. The number of those who do (and the total breakdown of lines of code by dedication) should be compared to other coding platforms to say more on that—but a few hundred doesn't seem too little to me. The buzz around instant millionaires was great to have people try, and might unfortunately have given the wrong impression to rather daring people. In both cases: more transparency, not Apple's strong suit. What is impressive is the ratio of efforts towards how many people try it out (not unlike at Facebook) and that's great. The fact that most developpers don’t live off their Apps (provided it’s clear to them they won’t) is the proof that it’s a very generative platform, where anyone can try to make a difference, not short of having a dedicated investment on the topic. The number of those who do (and the total breakdown of lines of code by dedication) should be compared to other coding platforms to say more on that—but a few hundred doesn’t seem too little to me.

The buzz around instant millionaires was great to have people try, and might unfortunately have given the wrong impression to rather daring people. In both cases: more transparency, not Apple’s strong suit.

What is impressive is the ratio of efforts towards how many people try it out (not unlike at Facebook) and that’s great.

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