Comments on: 20K Reasons To Stay In Your Basement, If You’re a Flash Developer

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By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:25:25 +0000

I like this post. Oh wait, no I don’t.

By: Get 20,000 USD developing a flash game! « It’s Game Time!

Get 20,000 USD developing a flash game! « It’s Game Time! — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:17:30 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:29:55 +0000

@18: No. Peter Ha either doesn’t know what he’s talking about, or he’s just intentionally spamming TC… I imagine it’s the latter

By: Newbie Flash Developer

Newbie Flash Developer — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:26:25 +0000

It’s hard making money in your field these days, right?

is that true?

By: Shhhh

Shhhh — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:40:18 +0000

Shhhhh….!!!!

Uh…There’s no money in Flash! Nothing to see here. They’re all lying!

Actionscript is the poor man’s uh… COBOL. Total dead-end work. Go back to your luxurious AJAX and CSS. It’s so much better. Really. Real programmers stay away from Flash! You’re too smart for doing trivial things like video and widgets. Leave us poor worthless Flashers to our dark basements and gruel…

Flash bad. Keep out.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:52:17 +0000

It isn’t necessarily a waste of time. $10k isn’t bad for a side project and all you have to do is incorporate their avatars into your game.

$2 to anyone who makes my game – ‘Porn King’:

You are a lowly junkie living on the streets of LA. In order to support your opiate habit you must enter the world of pornography. The game follows you while you navigate the industry on your quest to become the world’s next Porn King. As you move from fluffer to Porn King, you will be faced with a series of challenges that test your place in the seedy LA underworld. VHS, DVD, or WWW? B on G, G on G, C with D, or Bestiality? The choice is yours. Hire the hottest girls, buy the best drugs, avoid right wing assassination attempts, and cum [sic] out on top to claim your place as Porn King.

Take-Two, call me.

By: android

android — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:43:24 +0000

@14: you’re correct, there is lots of work for flash people. I’m a developer and designer and do much better than if I were doing straight design or ajax stuff. For all the bashing of Flash that goes on around the web there is TONS of work and money going toward it. And it will continue. Maybe some people think flash = banner ads. lol.

By: Daniel Leuck

Daniel Leuck — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:50:35 +0000

> It’s hard making money in your field these days, right?

Huh? I know Flash/Flex guys in New York and San Fran making $1,500 day rates. What are you talking about?

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:05:52 +0000

@10: completely agree and all the previous posts – if you’re any good at all $20K prize money is pretty lame.

Is there a way to unsubscribe from spam articles like this in my TechCrunch RSS??

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:45:59 +0000

Seriously. What a joke. 20k is 1 month work for a good Flash developer, guaranteed money.

No one should waste their time doing this. Shame TechCrunch is pitching this as a valid way to spend time.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:05:18 +0000

Meez just got housed. @8 has a 2 letter domain. His offer is real.

Meez is freeware bait.

By: Michael Pinto

Michael Pinto — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:29:25 +0000

If there are any Flash developers who are insulted by the idea of working on spec – if you’re any good please get in touch with me! I’m always looking for freelancers who have experience with doing game programming and/or or traditional character animation in Flash (and unlike “Meez Inside” I’ll actually pay for your time).

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:16:44 +0000

Or worse yet Europe. Or worse even than that asia.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:15:51 +0000

People from EA interviewed me for a new flash games site mmorpg for kids in LA.

Flash game developers make TONS of money here. You just can’t be a flash developer in bingblong Utah.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:09:28 +0000

Really?

You are promoters now?

What next?

This is wrong………

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:04:00 +0000

Nothing like a good troll or two to elicit some sarcasm from the author.

By: Dario

Dario — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:03:16 +0000

Lord have mercy! Why dont you flog my freakin contests? There is over $100,000 up for grabs courtesy of Wells Fargo among other great sponsors/contests and the barriers to entry are way lower.

memelabs FTW!

By: Peter Ha

Peter Ha — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:52:44 +0000

Let’s just say that I can now retire.

By: zm

zm — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:41:44 +0000

how much did you guys get paid for making this post?

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:08:15 +0000

Sorry, did I go through the wrong door? Tech Crunch is flogging flash contests now?

By: Dru Nelson

Dru Nelson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:40:50 +0000

Is this an ad?