Production Submission - Appealing my worth (#11)

"I didn’t even sweat during job interviews… but this? This made me nervous."

⏳ 14 Days of Tweaks
The 14-day closed test ended.
Now the final boss: Production Submission.

Uploaded my “final-final-final version” AAB file, then sat down to write answers.
Google asks for 9 questions.
Since I made two apps (Lite + Pro), I had to write them twice. Sixteen answers. RIP me.

📮 9 Questions, Basically Begging

The prompts were all like:

1. How did you recruit testers?

2. Was it easy?

3. Did they actually test?

4. What feedback did you get (and how)?

5. Who’s this app for?

6. What value does it bring?

7. How many downloads do you expect in year one?

8. What did you change after testing?

9. Why is it production-ready? Convince us.

😬 Writing Like It’s a College Essay
You can’t just say, “I bought testers," although that was what Gemini recommended me do, and I did hire expert testers...So I went with my real testers: 3 precious people (me, my sister, my friend).
Fifteen years since my last personal statement, but here I was again — writing each line like my life depended on it.

📝 Highlights of My Answers

• Recruitment: family + friends + a few golf buddies.

• Ease: hard as hell, but I politely chose “a little difficult.”

• Usage: testers actually played a round and used detailed scorecards & stats.

• Feedback: came via Kakao group chat & phone calls. Asked for card-style UI, bulk export with stats, better stability → all fixed.

• Target: amateur & semi-pro golfers tracking growth.

• Value: deeper analysis, pro-looking PDF reports, long-term performance tracking.

• Year one downloads: 0–10k (being real).

• Changes: UI upgrade, PDF bug fixes, bulk export now includes summary stats.

• Ready?: tested across devices, no crashes, large-scale data export works.

🧾 One Shot Only

No draft save for the responses, so I had one go. Even my app has draft save bro!

Three pages of questions → click Next → Next → Submit.
Hands were literally shaking when I hit submit.

😨 Panic Mode

Google said reviews can take up to a week for new developers.
I didn’t panic during job interviews, but this? My heart was racing.
All I could think was: please pass on the first try.

💡 Lesson Learned

This wasn’t just a submission. It was practically a love letter to Google.
All I can do now is wait… and hope my “final-final version” was actually final.