“What does it take to make a Hit in software” — “Do you want to become the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs ??” — Or do you just love to play with computers and want to do it at your own pace ??
Rich Roth, a software developer since high school in 1968, will discuss how to create the next software ‘killer ap.’ What makes a top-hit program and how to have fun doing it, and maybe even get rich.
Software is a creative effort, like and unlike anything before in history — a single individual can create a dynamite software product, yet it is more like building a bridge than painting a painting — software has to WORK, not just look right — it exists in the objective world of engineering as much as in the subjective world of art.
Is there still a place for the ‘killer program’ ?? You bet, for you growing up with computers and, now multi-media, cdroms and soon internet at cable speeds — the next round of technology opens up whole new vistas — just like it has done every 5-10 years since the 50s - but now at an even faster rate and for a much wider audience.