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Good for you! A load of people struggle with this, and I think you're downplaying how hard it is for them. It takes a load of energy to work a full-time job, t
by a13n 8y ago
Good for you! A load of people struggle with this, and I think you're downplaying how hard it is for them.
It takes a load of energy to work a full-time job, then come home and work on your side gig. I used to come home from work and not have anything left in the tank. I couldn't imagine working on a project alongside my current startup without sacrificing growth.
It's also a big social sacrifice. People have families, friends, roommates, etc to come home to. That can cause loneliness, and sometimes you'd just rather hang out with people than work.
There's also a lot to learn as a software engineer launching a SaaS company. Sales and marketing is pretty foreign to most engineers. It's hard to learn that on your own, in your spare time, without spending years doing it.
- overcast 8y agoI don't see how quitting your job to jump into something you've not even built is going to help any of those reasons. Sure you'll have more energy to devote to it, but now it will sapped away by the stress of having no choice except being successful in your venture. Steady paychecks are a good thing.
- a13n 8y agoThe stress of having no choice except being successful in your venture can be a huge forcing function / motivator. Steady paychecks are comfortable. Comfort isn't motivating for me.
- gremlinsinc 8y agoMy solution is... make freelancing my business for awhile (it sometimes works), and it's sort of it's own business, but I still answer to the clients (the boss), I use the money from feast-cycles to buy me time to work on side projects/SaaS ideas. If the side-project thing never works out, I'd like to turn into an agency, and hire other devs to do the dev work and move more into project management and running the business.