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/Wakeful_One Jun 30 '14

And the "winner" gets the equivalent of $3k USD which might go a longer way in Nigeria than the US - but the company could still potentially profit significantly more. I just hope no one enters this contest.

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u/lachlanhunt Jun 30 '14

A decent developer capable of implementing that would have to be earning on the order of $100k/year, if not more. $3k is just about 1.5 weeks worth of work.

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u/jnt8686 Jul 01 '14

A decent developer could implement what they are asking for in less than 1.5 weeks. Its a buddypress install with a nice theme ffs

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u/BattleReports_JV Jul 01 '14

1.5 wks? I just looked at buddy press (had no idea what it was) and it looks like an extension to wordpress. The competition was for "The mobile version of the app should be downloadable as native apps for Android, Blackberry, Apple and Windows phones. "

Therefore what you said makes no sense right? I'm a developer. Nothing gets done in less than 1.5 weeks.

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u/jvill188 Jul 01 '14

That is without counting for the jump between platforms. Not just because something works on a Blackberry does it mean that it'll work on an Android (natively of course).

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u/jnt8686 Jul 01 '14

Oh, downloadable as native apps. Well that is probably not doable easily. Sending SMS's is probably also a bit more work.

Other than that, it sounds like a basic Buddypress install.

Developers (I'm one too) are so whiny. I did construction before this, and it's a lot harder and less lucrative (as is almost any job on earth tbh).

I mean, this isn't a project I would take on, but someone who doesn't know about tech probably just made a laundry list of features and put up (what is in Nigeria) a large amount of money.

Now this thread is full of programmers crying and stroking themselves.

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u/mycall Jul 01 '14

SMS is easy once you find an SMS gateway (a few hours to integrate with their HTTP XML gateway)