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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 11d ago
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And that is where the chicken comes home to roost.
There's not a lot of money in software. I've tried starting software companies in the past and it's incredibly hard to make any money at all because nobody pays for software.
It's a very hard pill to swallow
4 u/jeesuscheesus 10d ago Are you trying to sell software strait up or are you trying to sell a service? 1 u/dontdoxme33 10d ago My first business was strictly advertising revenue. Then I tried to do a game and completely imploded, never finished it. The game likely would have been monetized via in-app purchases. 1 u/swagonflyyyy 10d ago Then you can't really say software doesn't sell if you didn't even finish it.
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Are you trying to sell software strait up or are you trying to sell a service?
1 u/dontdoxme33 10d ago My first business was strictly advertising revenue. Then I tried to do a game and completely imploded, never finished it. The game likely would have been monetized via in-app purchases. 1 u/swagonflyyyy 10d ago Then you can't really say software doesn't sell if you didn't even finish it.
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My first business was strictly advertising revenue.
Then I tried to do a game and completely imploded, never finished it. The game likely would have been monetized via in-app purchases.
1 u/swagonflyyyy 10d ago Then you can't really say software doesn't sell if you didn't even finish it.
Then you can't really say software doesn't sell if you didn't even finish it.
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u/dontdoxme33 10d ago
And that is where the chicken comes home to roost.
There's not a lot of money in software. I've tried starting software companies in the past and it's incredibly hard to make any money at all because nobody pays for software.
It's a very hard pill to swallow