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I've found that I really enjoy my job, so my outside projects have started to shift from "this might make me money someday" to "this is really fun to code!" thi

by icky 19y ago

I've found that I really enjoy my job, so my outside projects have started to shift from "this might make me money someday" to "this is really fun to code!" things. It's weird how stability (and yes, coming from consulting and startuppery, this lion freely recognizes his gilded cage) and lack of where-is-my-next-paycheck-coming-from frees the mind to coding pure-fun stuff.

notauser 19y ago
I like my regular f/t job as well, especially since I get moved within the company ever six to twelve months. It has given me a lot of freedom to do things that won't show a profit instantly like write and get some accounting qualifications. However looking at what I really want to achieve I have decided that a startup is the way to go for me. Exit planned for September. Unfortunately it's not something I could run concurrently with a full time job, or else I might launch earlier to reduce risk :) To answer the original question: Specs, use cases and UI mock-ups were 12 hours a week for 3 months. I wrote the first prototype this weekend (60 hours), so now I will be doing increments towards a stable production version, planned 12 hours per week.