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« on: October 11, 2012, 07:20:33 PM »

Haha, found this on a research study. This is the average mobile developer.

Personally, I think the 'average personality' of a mobile developer is more that of an indie developer, because apparently 63% of mobile developers are what could be described as indie.




GENDER Male
AGE 20-29

WORK VALUES
Takes pride in his work

LIFE VALUES
Freedom of speech, lack of censorship, individuality, free flow
of information, creativity and innovation, human rights and
humanity, beautiful design, the environment

PASSIONATE ABOUT
Fighting corruption, politics, ending poverty, corporate greed

CONCERNED ABOUT
Lack of empathy, selfishness, global warming, unethical
practices, ignorance, censorship

COMPANY SIZE
Almost 32% are independent developers, citing 1 employee
in their company
31% work for companies with fewer than 10 employees
28% work for companies with between 11 and 999 employees
9% work for enterprises with more than 1,000 employees

AGE
38.4% are in their 20s
79.2% are under the age of 40

GENDER
96% are male
4% are female
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2012, 07:28:36 PM »

I too, am 96% male.
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« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2012, 11:12:01 PM »

I am 91% mobile gamedev
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2012, 01:31:33 AM »

GENDER Male
AGE 20-29

WORK VALUES
Takes pride in his work

LIFE VALUES
Freedom of speech, lack of censorship, individuality, free flow
of information, creativity and innovation, human rights and
humanity, beautiful design, the environment

You had me ...

PASSIONATE ABOUT
Fighting corruption, politics, ending poverty, corporate greed

... but then you lost me.
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2012, 01:58:29 AM »

What worries me, is that when I turn 30, I'm no longer a mobile developer ... what am I then?! Shrug
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2012, 02:03:13 AM »

What worries me, is that when I turn 30, I'm no longer a mobile developer ... what am I then?! Shrug

Well, you've seen/read Logan's Run, right?
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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2012, 03:24:30 AM »

I have not, but I'll be sure to do so. Thanks!
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2012, 03:42:50 AM »

If you're
PASSIONATE ABOUT
Fighting corruption, politics, ending poverty, corporate greed
and value
Freedom of speech, lack of censorship, individuality, free flow
of information, creativity and innovation, human rights and
humanity, beautiful design, the environment
making iphone games is probably about the worst thing you can do for a living.
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2012, 03:57:17 AM »

yeah.....
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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2012, 07:19:53 AM »

Switch the gender and it could pass as a Miss World résumé.

Most of the values are vacuous and pointless. I mean who doesn't value freedom of speech, and human rights? And who wouldn't love to end poverty if they could? Mentioning them seems kind of superfluous.
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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2012, 08:46:03 AM »

^ Exactly. It's all about being seen as concerned & enlightened by parroting opinions uncontroversial among one's peers. "Concerned about ignorance" is telling.

We're social status fiends.


If you're
PASSIONATE ABOUT
Fighting corruption, politics, ending poverty, corporate greed
and value
Freedom of speech, lack of censorship, individuality, free flow
of information, creativity and innovation, human rights and
humanity, beautiful design, the environment
making iphone games is probably about the worst thing you can do for a living.

To be fair they didn't mention "hyopcrisy" as a concern.
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2012, 09:01:00 AM »

I'm pretty much that except everything in the "passionate about" column.

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Fighting corruption
I don't know how anyone could possibly concern themselves with this kind of thing when they have no chance of ever changing it. If anything, corruption should be something you should take advantage of to do good.

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politics
I would feel like an idiot being passionate about politics because there's simply too many variables for any one man to consider when it comes to making political decisions; not to mention being passionate about politics groups you with other people passionate about politics - namely people who read Reddit or Fox News and are solidly democratic or republican just because of what they're told from one biased news source.

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ending poverty
For most people, ending poverty means throwing money at poor people in third world countries, which does much more damage than good.
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« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2012, 09:23:47 AM »

Aye, politics are stupid.

But how does helping 3rd world countries make more damage than good? I know there is corruption at all levels but at least some of the money goes for good use.
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« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2012, 09:28:55 AM »

I find the wording of this description of "mobile developers" amusing.

Like they're a bunch of consumers to be marketed to.  Yawn
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« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2012, 09:31:18 AM »

I thought mobile developers were just developers that moved around a lot. Ninja
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« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2012, 09:38:51 AM »

I thought mobile developers were just developers that moved around a lot. Ninja
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« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2012, 11:24:23 AM »

I thought mobile developers were just developers that moved around a lot. Ninja

That is either agile development or dynamically typed language.
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« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2012, 11:33:29 AM »

Aye, politics are stupid.

But how does helping 3rd world countries make more damage than good? I know there is corruption at all levels but at least some of the money goes for good use.

This is an excellent question. Donations to third world countries have gone beyond donations, they have become revenue streams for such countries. By providing money to them every year, without any repayment necessary, they consider the money a revenue stream and spend it in expendable goods such as food, water, and medicine. Now the country is dependent on said revenue streams to feed and clothe its people, and there is no incentive for them to change that.

It's like that one saying where if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, but if you teach him to fish, he feeds himself forever. In this case, the better way to help developing countries would be to loan them money, rather than just giving it to them willy nilly.

Here's an example case that exemplifies how helpful loaning would be:

Donation scenario: Fred is a sustenance farmer who barely makes enough food to feed his family. You give him 100 US dollars. He uses that money to buy more food to stockpile for hard times.

Loan scenario: You loan Fred 100 dollars on a 5 year loan. Fred can't spend that money on extra food because then he will have no way to pay back the money. Instead, Fred purchases a  donkey and a horse-drawn plow. Using these new tools, he can farm many times as much as he could before, feeding his family and making himself enough money to pay back the loan. Once the loan is paid back in full, he can take all that extra money he makes and pocket it, or even spend it on another valuable farming tool.

The critical difference in these two scenarios is that when money is just given away, people will spend it on stuff that's immediately important such as food or clothing, stuff which isn't a capital good, and will not help the people in the long run. Loaning the money forces the loanee to spend the money on a capital good, or some kind of product that will help them pay back the money, thus increasing producivity.


That's why donating to third world countries is bad. It removes incentive to spend money on capital goods, thus creating a dependency on the donor.
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« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2012, 11:50:41 AM »

That's incredibly simplified though. Emergency help is always needed somewhere. And "Throwing money" at school building and well drilling projects does long term good.
Foreign corporations basically stealing the local resources and destroying local markets is the real issue that needs to be solved. Along with achieving political stability which the former does nothing to help with.

Don't make excuses to not help people, just make sure you're well informed about what it is you're giving to.
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« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2012, 11:54:36 AM »

I have not, but I'll be sure to do so. Thanks!

there's something ironic about the tendency for only those of us who are over 30 to have seen logan's run
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