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Start part-time. Figure out how to reduce time you waste on your full-time job. Get some angel money - you will need some prototype for that though. Reduce y

by vgurgov 16y ago

Start part-time. Figure out how to reduce time you waste on your full-time job. Get some angel money - you will need some prototype for that though. Reduce your monthly spending and pay off loans first. Join early stage startup that is willing to pay some salary since the beginning. Just some obvious advices on top of my head. OR Maybe startup isnt for you? Thats just fine, its not for everyone and millions enjoy happy lives and families being employed. Once you admit this it may become less emotional for you and you might actually feel much better mentally! I think its kind of problem for many readers here: HN pushes that mantra that every hacker have to start something himself.

brlewis 16y ago
You count part-time as having started one's dream company?
- vgurgov 16y ago
  Sure. I see no problem in starting something part-time, why not? If you dont have enough savings and want to bootstrap it might be the only option. And its not bad! I was always inspired by DHH talks on coding basecamp and rails for like 10h/week. Personally I start all my projects part-time.
- generalk 16y ago
  You don't? If that's the only way to get off the ground, then yeah, that might just be the start of your dream company. Better part-time than never.
  - brlewis 16y ago
    I've started part-time and wanted to know if this Ask HN was directed toward people like me.
chime 16y ago
A typical web-app startup isn't for me at this point indeed. I don't want to create a company from get-go. I want to create the science (hardware+software+new algo) first, spend 6-12 months working on it with my target users, and then once it is functional, make it a product. I can't do this part-time. I have to do this full-time but I can work part-time (consulting etc.) I will have sufficient savings soon. For me it's not a question of if but when. It is the wait that's killing me. And then I see questions like this that make me feel even more impatient. But I truly appreciate such questions. Keeps me steadfast.

by vgurgov 16y ago

brlewis 16y ago

You count part-time as having started one's dream company?

vgurgov 16y ago
Sure. I see no problem in starting something part-time, why not? If you dont have enough savings and want to bootstrap it might be the only option. And its not bad! I was always inspired by DHH talks on coding basecamp and rails for like 10h/week. Personally I start all my projects part-time.
generalk 16y ago
You don't? If that's the only way to get off the ground, then yeah, that might just be the start of your dream company. Better part-time than never.
- brlewis 16y ago
  I've started part-time and wanted to know if this Ask HN was directed toward people like me.

chime 16y ago

A typical web-app startup isn't for me at this point indeed. I don't want to create a company from get-go. I want to create the science (hardware+software+new algo) first, spend 6-12 months working on it with my target users, and then once it is functional, make it a product. I can't do this part-time. I have to do this full-time but I can work part-time (consulting etc.) I will have sufficient savings soon. For me it's not a question of if but when. It is the wait that's killing me. And then I see questions like this that make me feel even more impatient. But I truly appreciate such questions. Keeps me steadfast.