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To anyone looking at these projects and feeling some sense of anxiety over the culture of trumpeting competence through crushing through side projects _along_ w
by yowlingcat 9y ago
To anyone looking at these projects and feeling some sense of anxiety over the culture of trumpeting competence through crushing through side projects _along_ with work deliverables -- just stop for a second and take a closer look at all of these side projects. They're cute, but how many of them make serious recurring revenue?
I understand it's a comparison of apples and oranges, but I find the accomplishment of making a healthy, growing side business along with having a day job to be truly impressive and ultimately a lot more inspiring. I would rather have one side business that's at 10k MRR and growing rather than six toy projects launched that all work at a prototype level. Not to detract from the value of launching those -- that's great! These projects all have genuinely interesting product hypotheses. But, launching is just really not where 90% of the hard risk (and hard rewards) ends up being located, in my experience.
- overcast 9y agoI've created dozens, and dozens of side projects over the years. The motivating factor for starting any of them, is the interest in learning a new technology. I then use what I've learned from that side project, to build upon another one, and so forth. Cumulatively, they strengthen any "real" projects that I've had interest in building. Piece by piece, I build knowledge on various aspects of what my ultimate goal is.
- waivek 9y agowhat's your net mrr from these projects
- petercooper 9y agoFWIW, every single thing that ended up becoming my main thing or made me serious money began as a pointless side project I did for the fun of it. (I've always been self employed though, so this style of work goes with the territory.)