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> Amazon affiliate sites I think this is a completely different mindset compared to engineers/"nerds", that's why most of us work for others instead of startin

by zerr 8y ago

> Amazon affiliate sites I think this is a completely different mindset compared to engineers/"nerds", that's why most of us work for others instead of starting our own businesses.

soniman 8y ago
Not clear why he couldn't sell any of those sites.
- Shpigford 8y ago
  If we’re talking about the affiliate sites, it’s because they collectively grossed a total of maybe 50 cents. Wasn’t worth the time to try to sell them.
WilliamEdward 8y ago
There is nothing wrong with working for others if it fulfills you. I envy people who can have comfortable lives with happy families and a simple desk job that pays for what they need. Something in my brain is telling me I need more or I won't be happy, so I have many startups I'm working on and have exclusively begun working for myself. The grass is always greener on the other side, that much I can say. Enjoy your comfy engineering job and be careful what you wish for. If you are a nerd who wants to break into entrepreneurship, prepare for a lot of fun, but also prepare to do work you think is stupid or never saw yourself doing, only for it to end up as a niche product. That's fine.
- noelsusman 8y ago
  To each their own, obviously, but I look at this list and it's just... depressing. He seems like the kind of person who gets a lot of fulfillment from things like this, but for me I just see a whole lot of time wasted on bullshit. That's the main reason why I work for others. You can't form a health system startup that includes dozens of hospitals and thousands of patients per day.
- zerr 8y ago
  Yes, when I hear of those who "made it" and talk that 99% of what they are doing now are meetings, PowerPoint slides, pitching to VCs, public speaking, marketing, etc... I'm thinking - but are they happy? I can't imagine myself being happy while having to do all those things... :)
  - patwalls 8y ago
    Those things sound boring, but when you are doing them for your own business - your own idea - it’s a lot of fun.
- andyidsinga 8y ago
  This! - I'm in a similar space myself. At once envious of those happy with a decent day job - corp or whatever (one of my good buddies is a "garbage man" and he seems pretty damn happy). A year into struggling as an entrepreneur and no longer working at BigCo - I couldn't be happier despite having to live with a crazy amount of anxiety :)
  - zerr 8y ago
    And there is that middle-ground of being an independent consultant from where it is even harder to make a step, especially when taking in count your own hourly rate :)

by zerr 8y ago

> Amazon affiliate sites I think this is a completely different mindset compared to engineers/"nerds", that's why most of us work for others instead of starting our own businesses.

soniman 8y ago

Not clear why he couldn't sell any of those sites.

Shpigford 8y ago
If we’re talking about the affiliate sites, it’s because they collectively grossed a total of maybe 50 cents. Wasn’t worth the time to try to sell them.

WilliamEdward 8y ago

There is nothing wrong with working for others if it fulfills you. I envy people who can have comfortable lives with happy families and a simple desk job that pays for what they need. Something in my brain is telling me I need more or I won't be happy, so I have many startups I'm working on and have exclusively begun working for myself. The grass is always greener on the other side, that much I can say. Enjoy your comfy engineering job and be careful what you wish for. If you are a nerd who wants to break into entrepreneurship, prepare for a lot of fun, but also prepare to do work you think is stupid or never saw yourself doing, only for it to end up as a niche product. That's fine.

noelsusman 8y ago
To each their own, obviously, but I look at this list and it's just... depressing. He seems like the kind of person who gets a lot of fulfillment from things like this, but for me I just see a whole lot of time wasted on bullshit. That's the main reason why I work for others. You can't form a health system startup that includes dozens of hospitals and thousands of patients per day.
zerr 8y ago
Yes, when I hear of those who "made it" and talk that 99% of what they are doing now are meetings, PowerPoint slides, pitching to VCs, public speaking, marketing, etc... I'm thinking - but are they happy? I can't imagine myself being happy while having to do all those things... :)
- patwalls 8y ago
  Those things sound boring, but when you are doing them for your own business - your own idea - it’s a lot of fun.
andyidsinga 8y ago
This! - I'm in a similar space myself. At once envious of those happy with a decent day job - corp or whatever (one of my good buddies is a "garbage man" and he seems pretty damn happy). A year into struggling as an entrepreneur and no longer working at BigCo - I couldn't be happier despite having to live with a crazy amount of anxiety :)
- zerr 8y ago
  And there is that middle-ground of being an independent consultant from where it is even harder to make a step, especially when taking in count your own hourly rate :)