Re: [android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-11 Thread b0b
They state Top Developer is a badge recognizing established, respected developers for their commitment to launching high-quality and innovative apps on Android. That's clearly a statement that non-top developers are unestablished , unrespected and not committing developers with poor

Re: [android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-11 Thread Nathan
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:42:52 PM UTC-7, b0b wrote: They state Top Developer is a badge recognizing established, respected developers for their commitment to launching high-quality and innovative apps on Android. That's clearly a statement that non-top developers are

[android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-10 Thread Piren
you need to befriend them harder :-) like, befriend the fuck out of them :-P meeting the right people can get you things (we got the dev reply option like a year in advance and even a free ticket to Google I/O) I think it's more of a thing where they use it to get publicity to themselves...

[android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-09 Thread Piren
I think there was already a discussion about this before (or that i've read it on some other place)... the conclusion was we have no fucking idea. there were top developers with barely any app submissions or high count of downloads. i think you're best route is to befriend a google advocate

Re: [android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-09 Thread TreKing
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:44 AM, John Coryat cor...@gmail.com wrote: i think you're best route is to befriend a google advocate and ask for the badge :) I did that and was told since we only have one major application, we were ineligible for consideration. Ask them how the fuck Uber is a

[android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-09 Thread John Coryat
i think you're best route is to befriend a google advocate and ask for the badge :) I did that and was told since we only have one major application, we were ineligible for consideration. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

Re: [android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-09 Thread Nathan
On Monday, September 9, 2013 8:14:19 AM UTC-7, TreKing wrote: On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:44 AM, John Coryat wrote: i think you're best route is to befriend a google advocate and ask for the badge :) I did that and was told since we only have one major application, we were ineligible

[android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-09 Thread Nathan
On Monday, September 9, 2013 7:44:44 AM UTC-7, John Coryat wrote: i think you're best route is to befriend a google advocate and ask for the badge :) I did that and was told since we only have one major application, we were ineligible for consideration. I tried that since our last

[android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-07 Thread John Coryat
I believe the criteria involves having more than one popular application with a sufficiently high average rating. What popular and sufficiently high mean are subject to interpretation. -John Coryat On Friday, September 6, 2013 6:46:10 PM UTC-5, Nathan wrote: On my list of goals for the

Re: [android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-07 Thread Michael Banzon
I am going to take the fun side of your question and add a little serious perspective ;-) For some great advice and guidelines I would recommend you watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxNDmOlODL8 On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 5:30 PM, John Coryat cor...@gmail.com wrote: I believe the

[android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-07 Thread Nathan
On Saturday, September 7, 2013 8:30:20 AM UTC-7, John Coryat wrote: I believe the criteria involves having more than one popular application with a sufficiently high average rating. What popular and sufficiently high mean are subject to interpretation. -John Coryat That's a good thing

Re: [android-developers] Re: Becoming a Top Developer

2013-09-07 Thread Nathan
On Saturday, September 7, 2013 8:36:49 AM UTC-7, mbanzon wrote: I am going to take the fun side of your question and add a little serious perspective ;-) For some great advice and guidelines I would recommend you watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxNDmOlODL8 Thanks, that it is