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Kylekramer on Nov 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: John Gruber Has Some Career Advice For Developers

At the risk of being a cynical ass, let's not forget that this is basically Gruber playing the modern day equivalent of Levi Strauss: "Come to California/the App Store, you'll get amazingly rich! And while you're here, I am sure you would be interested in some clothing and dry goods/a $6,500 ad on the most influential Apple blog."

ZeroGravitas on Nov 16, 2011 [–]

Or to put it in words that you might have heard repeatedly from the man himself, "You are not his customer, the people buying ads are his customer".

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