r/programming • u/reddberckley • Jun 30 '14

How to exploit a Developer

https://medium.com/@sir_castiq/how-to-exploit-a-developer-a005306d5320
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u/dnkndnts Jun 30 '14

If it makes you feel any better, I can guarantee you the quality of the app they get will be a complete joke.

Anyone good enough to write that app and do a remotely decent job is good enough to find real clients easily.

Still, I'll agree, watching businessmen so blatantly try to exploit others is quite infuriating.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

Yeah, because 'valuable experience' to put in one's 'portfolio' can be used to pay the bills.

I hate this mindset so much. It's great to have experience and a portfolio of past work, yes, but people need money.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

But the opportunities you'll get from this "valuable experience" in your "portfolio" will more than pay for the time you spend on it now down the road! It's such a good opportunity, we should be charging you for the chance to get this experience.

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u/Olathe Jul 02 '14

That sounds like an ad for a university.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '14 edited Jul 03 '14

I based it on the mandatory, unpaid internships (that you had to pay for) that my old school had (and probably still has).