Torkgin

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by Torkgin 9y ago
I am also from Germany (not German) and I have no problem getting over 60k EUR and I live in one of the cheapest cities. And I don't think the market is flooded because in our company we have difficulties to find good engineers and we
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by Torkgin 9y ago
If you market yourself by speaking at conferences you usually make money.
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by Torkgin 9y ago
This makes me wonder, is it truly so? Every organization starts without managers and they are added later once the organization grows but if they are not really needed, why is every organization adding them?
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by Torkgin 9y ago
Well, you might think it is a terrible solution but it is widely used. Recent examples that come to my mind: Things 3 and Affinity Photo (was not upgrade but it was still discounted on launch).
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by Torkgin 9y ago
There is a way around it. When you release a new version you offer it for cheaper for limited time and you notify your existing customers. Of course, some new customers will buy it as well when it is discounted but it is acceptable loss.
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by Torkgin 9y ago
Having a recurring revenue model does not mean you have a stable company. You might love it but many others don't and if they don't have enough customers on subscription it will be worse for you because you depend on their servers
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by Torkgin 9y ago
For now but who knows what will happen next year? Once they make enough money with subscription they will stop caring.
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by Torkgin 9y ago
Companies managed to survive a few last decades without having subscriptions and suddenly they need it to survive? Upgrades exist on iOS, you just release a new app. It is not different from times before App Store. Stop tolerating this subs