Welcome.. Rob is a disabled (not working full time since 2001) software hobbyist developer who sells at least one app on a few mobile app stores.
Software Development as a Hobby and Business
Rob sells one app he wrote online, currently for Android (Phone/Tablet) and IOS (iPhone/iPad).
The main point of me charging for the App at this time is to reduce the number of people reaching out for support (fixes/enhancements). If I made too much money, though, I’d risk losing my disability benefits, but at this point I’m not near making that kind of money. I’d make the app free than risk my health insurance/benefits if it came to that.
Student Centered Class Asst.
Mobile/Tablet App (2017-present) designed for teachers to use in classrooms. This app was requested by a teacher in my family. That teacher is my one Android user (the one I’m concerned about), but on IOS (Apple), I have at least 100 customers (I’m over 120 as of late April 2024). And yes, I fully understand that having 100 customers at about $2/sale is not money I can retire on. Still, at least for the March 2023-March 2024 year, it covers the cost of being on the App Store, with close to $20 profit 🙂 (which, in theory, I put towards upgrading my equipment next time I can afford to).
FMail for Windows Store
Around 2012-2014 this was a POP3 e-mail client for Windows (from when it lacked pop3 support). This one earned me a few thousand $ on the side.
Contract: Contact Management for Windows
Had worked with Anritsu (2006-2008) to develop a contact management App for Windows (with a PHP/MySQL Back-end to store contacts remotely).
Contract: Tribunal/Dispensation Management System
1998-2003 Contracted with NAV Co., LLC to codevelop case management software which was sold to Catholic Diocese Offices. I visited the NYC, Syracuse, and Atlanta Diocese offices to help get the software up and running.
The CompTIA A+ Certification is one I earned back around 2001, but it seems to still be valid as of May 2024. The logo is pretty, so I’m adding it here. Many of my other certifications from back then have been retired (Certified Novell Engineer 5, Microsoft Certified Systems Enginer [NT4], and Linux Professional Institute Certified Level 1 [expired 2008]). For fun, I might take some new certification exams as time allows.