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evilduck on May 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: IOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of dev...

Selling your time and skills isn't selling pickaxes. That's just offering to dig for gold at a cost above what you'll find when you dig.

incomethax on May 4, 2012 [–]

Exactly. In the app gold rush, the ones selling pickaxes are Apple and Google with iOS and Android.

evilduck on May 4, 2012 | [–]

Or writing books, holding seminars, training sessions, selling development tools, etc.

RubyMotion is a great recent pickaxe example. Write for the App Store using Ruby for only $150 now or $200 later! Buy Now!

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