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Are you familiar with the writing of Patrick Mackenzie? patio11 on hackernews, kalzumeus.org. His career trajectory has been similar to your story, in that he
by eqdw 9y ago
Are you familiar with the writing of Patrick Mackenzie? patio11 on hackernews, kalzumeus.org.
His career trajectory has been similar to your story, in that he was a line engineer who went independent. The think that makes patrick great, though, is that he took the time to write up all his lessons in a blog that is essentially a how-to guide for engineers who want to make the move from "I just write code" to "I am a sucessful self-employed software consultant.
If you haven't come across him before, I strongly suggest you check it out
- ridiculous_fish 9y agoThanks for the tip. FYI the address looks to be kalzumeus.com instead of kalzumeus.org
- mtlynch 9y agoYeah, I actually discovered Patrick McKenzie through Indie Hackers. He was one of the early podcast guests: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/013-patrick-mckenzie-of-appointment-reminder https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/013-patrick-mckenzie-of... I am very much influenced by his story. I agree that he does a great job documenting what he learned.