I’m a (post-)middle aged allegedly autistic adult (not that i fully understand what that means, but i was diagnosed in 2010 while in a hospital), with a history of other mental illness diagnoses (which may be from an aneurysm– not that i know entirely what i can do about the aneurysm or to prevent it from rupturing).
Software Development as a Hobby and Business
While mostly it’s just a hobby, Rob sells some apps he wrote online, for Windows (in the past), Android and IOS (iPhone/iPad). Rob has recently started letting an AI service (Github Copilot) help with the coding, it’s kind of like having two developers on the “team” (unfortunately, it’s only helping with the Android code right now, it’s a little more complicated getting it to work for IOS development).
The main point of me charging for the Apps 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 no where near making that kind of money. I’d sooner make the app free than risk my health insurance/benefits.
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.