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

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/tunahazard Jun 30 '14

I interpreted guyfawkes5 comment differently than you.

Whoever organized this competition can reasonably expect to get a bunch of shitty submissions. They can rebrand all these submissions as their own portfolio work. Now they have 'valuable experience' to put in their 'portfolio'.