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HughBeaumont

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45. SIGH . . . . what part of this is "woe-is-me jealousy"?? What part of this is untruthful?

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 06:30 PM

Mar 2013

There are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people who just want to work at a living wage. I mean, if you can start your own business and merely make a consistent living at it, that's nice and you should be happy. But don't for one second think that's what's going to save us or be presented as some "norm". For every Nick D'Aloisio, there are ten to a hundred thousand others that tried and failed. "Rags to Millions" stories are only news because they just don't happen very often when put up against the greater amount of failures.

Tell me what's false about that. Please. It might not be what you want to hear, but it's not false by any stretch.

The article was written as a paen to the plucky "Horatio Alger" legend.

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Just do it, says Yahoo's teen app millionaire [View all] dkf Mar 2013 OP

Huh, I bet he created this app at home...just saying. nt Javaman Mar 2013 #1

he created it while attended a top-ranked prep school (equivalent of). His dad's a morgan stanley HiPointDem Mar 2013 #6

I guess you missed my point. Javaman Mar 2013 #14

Very well played. Orrex Mar 2013 #34

What is an "app" and how do I "create" one?? kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #2

He is a Brit. The whole world isn't Republican vs Democrat you know. dkf Mar 2013 #3

Which is why I said "Republican-ish". But your defense of Republicans is once again duly noted. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #4

Or maybe failure comes from not being inspired to try. dkf Mar 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2013 #11

Writing an app has nothing to do with inspiration or innovation? dkf Mar 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2013 #20

I have no degree. My mother was on welfare when I was growing up. randome Mar 2013 #24

it's not luck when dad is a morgan stanley exec. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #27

It wasn't luck for me, either, and I was poor growing up. randome Mar 2013 #29

when there's a $30 million paycheck, it often does. and i notice your boss owns your app, for HiPointDem Mar 2013 #33

Of course he made more than me. He had the marketing skills to make it work. randome Mar 2013 #37

he had the capital and connections to make it work. as this kid does. class tells. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #38

Once upon a time, I worked in the film business.. Javaman Mar 2013 #39

i can't speak to your friend's situation. maybe he liked being a camera assistant. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #40

Did I ever label this as a horatio alger story? no Javaman Mar 2013 #41

not saying you said it was a horatio alger story; saying these stories are usually presented as HiPointDem Mar 2013 #42

Oh okay, I gotcha. Javaman Mar 2013 #43

it helps to have morgan stanley in the family, as this kid does. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #8

his dad's a morgan stanley exec, his mother's a lawyer, and he went to our equivalent of a HiPointDem Mar 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Mar 2013 #12

*singing* "Mommas... don't let your baybees grow up to be cattle..." dogknob Mar 2013 #9

You might as well train 100% of students to do basic plumbing. dawg Mar 2013 #32

I prefer to admire Aaron Schwartz who was never into it for the money Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #10

Good for him fujiyama Mar 2013 #13

It is all in the idea. The programming part is fairly easy. The tools are affordable, even free. CBGLuthier Mar 2013 #15

How about a Breathalyzer app. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #16

What if you don't have a good idea? What if you can't program in Objective C? Sucks to be us? HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #18

Think of an idea and learn how to program in Objective C. cbdo2007 Mar 2013 #19

Right, because there's nothing between "pie-in-the-sky" and MalWart. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #21

How many tutorials on how to make apps did you read before responding?? cbdo2007 Mar 2013 #23

You mean that just by reading three tutorials . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #30

Hey, it's a start... cbdo2007 Mar 2013 #36

you mean you hadn't considered it until this kid spoke out? lol. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #28

Seems rather . . . . rehearsed, doesn't it? HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #31

sounds like the solution to poverty --everyone creates a $30m app CreekDog Mar 2013 #22

It is incredible that anyone could treat this story as anything but horatio alger idiocy. redqueen Mar 2013 #25

More than a few "Exhibit As" in this thread alone. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #26

Yeah? So? Orrex Mar 2013 #35

Smart kid. But I'm taken aback by the amount of miserable woe-is-me jealousy on display here. Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #44

SIGH . . . . what part of this is "woe-is-me jealousy"?? What part of this is untruthful? HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #45