After being a huge demo fan "back in the days" and have watched a ton of demos on many different platforms, I must say that my all time favourite that impressed me most was Desert Dreams by Kefrens. Amazing graphics and an even better soundtrack. It runs on an Amiga 500 (7 Mhz), so the effects are very impressive for its time. Find it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2GyQQIBNo
(Part 2 of the demo is uploaded as a separate video in the list to the right)
I'm a coder. I've got my own comany. I'm not a great business man:). If you settle for a one-man company you don't need a whole lot of know-how about economics, not much venture capital and so on.. and still you can easilly get about twice the pay of a normal programming job, get to decide workhours / vacations yourself and such. The only good thing to have are some connections at other companies (friends that work there for example) that might need programming help to get you started. Once you'va made a few projects, you'll be drowning in work from them.
However, starting up a larger company with more emplyees, that's another thing..:)
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After being a huge demo fan "back in the days" and have watched a ton of demos on many different platforms, I must say that my all time favourite that impressed me most was Desert Dreams by Kefrens. Amazing graphics and an even better soundtrack. It runs on an Amiga 500 (7 Mhz), so the effects are very impressive for its time. Find it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2GyQQIBNo (Part 2 of the demo is uploaded as a separate video in the list to the right)
With intels new enhancements, they are now re-labeled as PWNies!
I'm a coder. I've got my own comany. I'm not a great business man :). If you settle for a one-man company you don't need a whole lot of know-how about economics, not much venture capital and so on.. and still you can easilly get about twice the pay of a normal programming job, get to decide workhours / vacations yourself and such. The only good thing to have are some connections at other companies (friends that work there for example) that might need programming help to get you started. Once you'va made a few projects, you'll be drowning in work from them.
However, starting up a larger company with more emplyees, that's another thing.. :)