iOS Development

[Freecare Spiritwise]

In my opinion you're never going to have time AND money. And you're never going to be rich off 8 hours a day. The people I know who are self made have a ridiculous obsession with success that doesn't seem to end even after they achieve it. So if you have a passion for something and you want it bad enough then you're going to be successful, and that's a fact. But unless you give 100% then it's not going to work, and that's where the self honesty comes in. At this point in my life the time is much more valuable than the money.

Rich Guy Example: One of my friends started out fixing cars out of his home garage so he could be his own boss. Then he rented a gas station, then a little shop, then a two bay shop and now I think he's up to a 6 bay shop and he basically lives there. He sees his family on the weekends. When we were kids he was one of those guys you just know was going to kick ass in life. It wasn't if, it was when. As kids we'd be like "check out the new bong" and he would be like "check out my new auto-ranging digital multimeter and Snap-On 3/8 th ratchet extension set". So he got where he is by being the best and working the hardest. His customers practically idolize him and he's shown me all his internet reviews and what he's had to do to make sure every single damn one is solidly 5/5 stars.

[Minute]

Man is that a refreshing story. I was pretty sure the only way you could make it big in America today is to fuck your customers & competition as much as possible. I guess that's only when you get to be a mega corp

[Freecare Spiritwise]

Heh, yeah, an honest mechanic who actually knows what he's doing and wants your business. You'd think a guy like that would get rich and at least that's true in his case. I guess it's about having vision.

My friend with the iOS app business just got written up on some major blog this week and his servers have been getting hammered with sales. Again, this is a guy who also owns other things like a winery and he's probably never worked an 8 hour day in his adult life. He use to be my boss in the mid '90s and he'd call me a pussy for crapping out after about 14-16 hours at the office. And we'd go drinking afterwards. I could never keep up with him. The guy is a fucking animal and I still look up to him to this day.

So again, my thought is that getting rich at least from what I've seen is more of a lifestyle choice than a gimmicky thing where somebody thinks up Facebook and makes billions. I have more examples, like another childhood friend who ran away from home and yes, he actually lived in a cave until he eventually rented a room somewhere and he makes fuckloads of money from some old obsolete computer technology like RS-232 serial port emulators or something like that. Another really intense guy.

[Freecare Spiritwise]

Researcher: iPhone, iPad track users whereabouts

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20055 ... =topImage1

Apparently it saves to a local database all the location data points of everywhere you've been. Which would mean every app on the phone has access to where you've been. But I'm sure that this won't be abused.

[Taxious]

But I'm sure that this won't be abused.

I'm excited to see the backlash from this.

[Taxious]

Could get behind most of these, except your whining about 40 hours being too much. 40 hours out of 168 in a week is not too much. Lazy ass Americans!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/va ... index.html

[Ddrak]

Yeah - gotta give 4 weeks of vacation here at a minimum (plus public holidays). We let our employees accrue up to 8 weeks before they start losing it (or cashing it in). Also have to give 2 weeks of sick time, which can't have an accrual cap so relatively healthy people that have been working a long time might have over 8 months accrued sick leave.

Vacation has to be paid out when someone leaves/gets fired. Sick leave doesn't.

Dd

[Freecare Spiritwise]

I'm pretty much on carte blanche, i.e. "use your best judgement" for work hours and vacation. It's not as sweet as it sounds because with a handful of systems in production and about the same in development, it's rare when I can get just a 40 hour week. And I just bring my office on vacation with me most of the time, like now. It's hard to go "off the grid" because on some of these projects there's no one to fill in for me.

Of course the upside to this kind of loyalty and respect going both ways is that when I was basically zapped out of commission for 2 months, no one said shit other than "get well soon" and my wife continued to get my full paychecks, and no one bugged me about anything and everyone was generous and gracious.

Dd, I'm not sure I'd even know what to do with 4 weeks (or 8 weeks? shit howdy) of real vacation time. Heh, that'd probably be enough time to get into trouble!

[Arathena]

I wonder how much the 'average' vacation in the US is dragged down by the hourly sorts that get fucked over hard if they take any days off. Until a couple years ago, I was on an hourly contract, and missing a day's work sick meant paying careful attention to the finances. A couple days for R&R would have put me in the position of wondering how I was going to pay the rent, and I was well paid for the position. I can only imagine what it must be like at even lower wages.

OTOH, at the same company as a real boy, once the calendar year rolled over, I got 2 weeks paid vacation, 2 weeks sick days, and 4 "Personal Holidays" - Vacation doesn't roll over, but increases at 1 week per 5 years, and 1 week sick leave per year. So I wonder if it's like money: all in the hands of a few, rather than bell curved.

[Freecare Spiritwise]

Started my career as a temp file clerk and I went the whole year I spent as a temp without a single day off. I was told that even one single sick day and I would be replaced. I guess that turned out well because I got a reputation for never missing work and most people I worked with didn't realize I was always there because I was getting screwed over. So the day they hired me on permenant I had this great rep. for doggedly overcoming all odds to get my work done.

But I still remember sneaking off to the bushes to throw up when I had the stomach flu so nobody would see how sick I was because the temp agency kept this threat hanging over my head. Company policy my ass, but hey, all's well that ends well. I'd still wouldn't change a thing. That company I got hired on permanent with spent a hell of a lot of time and effort giving me the foundation I needed to survive the corporate world.

22 years from then to now without a lapse in pay or vacation days (or medical coverage). I've been spoiled so long I don't think I could survive the real world lol.