Talking about the decision to lớn remove Flappy Bird, Nguyen Ha Dong shared, “I was born with unbearable pressure so it is best to lớn remove.” “Father” Flappy Bird thought to retire when 1.1 million Mr. Nguyen Ha Dong said that he gave money to start-up students, not invest.

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On the evening of November 18, Nguyen Ha Dong appeared at a sharing event with students at Hanoi University of công nghệ – the school he used to lớn attend. A few days earlier, the game developed by Dong’s Flappy Bird was voted on the danh mục of 25 most influential applications in the past 10 years by US giải pháp công nghệ site Cnet .

Millionaire born in 1985 dressed simple, quiet, proved humble and sometimes somewhat shy to chia sẻ in front of the crowd. Before each question of the program coordinator – Dr. Ta hai Tung – Director of the Institute of Information và Communication giải pháp công nghệ (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), Nguyen Ha Dong answered very briefly and went straight lớn the interior. Dung.

“I was born under pressure, so it’s best lớn take it off.”

Flappy Bird was uploaded to táo apple Store by Nguyen Ha Dong in May 2013, unexpectedly famous in January 2014. By February 2014, this game has become the most downloaded application in more than 100 countries and reached over 50 million downloads.

Answering the question of the secret of success, Dong shared, “For me for the past 17 years, I only had a computer screen, so I did not have many stories to lớn tell. I think I have lớn trade a few things to lớn get such success. What I trade for is my growth. ”

Nguyen Ha Dong is developing a new trò chơi with a similar success rate to lớn Flappy Bird as 0.1%. Photo: Bloomberg

“Nguyen Ha Dong earns an estimated amount of up khổng lồ 50,000 USD / day. Even Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, at first did not get rich that quickly, ”Dr. Ta hai Tung quoted the Rolling Stone article about East in an article 5 years ago.

The doctor also recalled that the former student of Hanoi University of Science & Technology quickly removed Flappy Bird in February năm trước even though at that time this trò chơi was “causing storms”. Talking about his decision, Dong explained simply, “I was born with unbearable pressure so it is best lớn remove it”.

Previously, Dong had shared with Rolling Stone about whether he received emails from people who lost their jobs or mothers no longer talked lớn their children because of Flappy Bird. The pursuit, the criticism và accusations made Dong feel tired, insomnia and did not want to go out.

Leaving the story of “The bird flapping its wings”, Dong said he was developing a new trò chơi product with a success rate like Flappy Bird of 0.1%. “I don’t want to lớn say it first because it is hard lớn say it. The trò chơi looks very simple but the level of công nghệ in this game has never been there, ”he revealed.

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Already millions of dollars but not thinking of retirement

Nguyen Ha Dong started programming at the age of 15, programming games at age 17, working for the trò chơi company from the second year of university & working by himself since 2011. However, he said that there was no main answer. Khổng lồ the question “Should I start a business as a student?”.

“I think everyone is different, so as long as they feel right,” the 34-year-old programmer said. He also reminded the young people “not lớn trade your maturity for short-term success”.

When asked about funding for startups, Dong said that with students who need money khổng lồ implement their projects, he will give them money, not invest. The East condition is to prove the feasibility of the project, how much is needed and what is spent. If it is reasonable he will sponsor. In 2017, Dong shared that he would sponsor 5 student projects each year, with the maximum amount of VND 200 million / project.

Talking about making products, Dong thinks the same everywhere, there is no international or Vietnamese concept. “I judge from an angle if I’m not a human being. How khổng lồ convince people to use their products, ”he said.

Regarding retirement plans, Nguyen Ha Dong shared that in the past, when he was a student, he thought that when he had 1.1 million USD, he would retire. “After that, I had many times that number but I still didn’t want khổng lồ retire,” he said.

Flappy Bird is a mobile game developed by Nguyen Ha Dong. This game was “addictive” for many people around the world because of how to lớn play very simple but difficult khổng lồ eat points. Despite being removed after only one famous month, Flappy Bird helped Nguyen Ha Dong khổng lồ be on the danh mục of 10 internet millionaires rising from the năm trước number of The Richest. In 2015, he was also voted by Forbes Vietnam in the đứng đầu 30 under 30.

Nguyen Ha Dong and Flappy Bird appeared in Guinness năm nhâm thìn as the first game to be downgraded after leading the AppleStore rankings.

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