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Do your own company. Hire people. Do projects for clients. I did this and I'm pretty happy. Most projects have been interesting. Some clients have been difficul
by Jean-Philipe 10y ago
Do your own company. Hire people. Do projects for clients. I did this and I'm pretty happy. Most projects have been interesting. Some clients have been difficult, some are great and with those we stick. The team is happy. We hire young and old; finally hiring without discrimination (or so I hope) and happy about the results. Now we're in a stage where we can be picky about which projects to accept. We start having some time for our own ideas as well.
Just expect a very tough first year :-)
- bogomipz 10y agoCan I ask your background and what type of company you started? Were you able to leverage you skill set for your company or did you just completely pivot?
- Jean-Philipe 10y agoMy background is computer science and programming. I usually take on the CTO or lead tech position - but very hands-on and as little managing as necessary. First thing I did after university was joining two guys with fitanalytics.com, a size recommendation platform for clothing, doing well meanwhile. I was very inexperienced when we started :-) later I teamed up with a former colleague to start a software-boutique. Now we're ten people.
- bogomipz 10y agoThat sounds interesting, good for you taking the leap. Thanks for sharing.
- vjankov 10y ago> just expect a very tough first year Can you elaborate a little bit more on this? Was it tough because you couldn't find clients and had to live off savings or was it tough because you were working long hours + stress. Or was it something else entirely?