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I did live coding on twitch back a year or so ago, for about 2-3 months. It was nice to get a bit of company working from home on my own sabatical (aka. financi

by keyle 8y ago

I did live coding on twitch back a year or so ago, for about 2-3 months. It was nice to get a bit of company working from home on my own sabatical (aka. financial dive) year. Overall though I don't think it's worth it. You get the usual lurkers that come say hi, and then a bunch of drop-ins that have language questions, stackoverflow type questions, or start rambling about technological choices which eventually distract you from your burning floor todo list staring back in your eyes as deep as the abyss. Fun though, but counter-productive.

hbrundage 8y ago
What % kind of hit do you think you take? I think live streaming the development process might be a really cool way to build a community around a developer-focused tool I might build. Imagine if DHH had streamed the process of creating Rails before it was Rails. I think you're totally right that there's tension between being entertaining and being productive, but do you think one could it well enough that ancillary benefits might be worth it?
- tomschlick 8y ago
  That's exactly what Adam Wathan has been doing over the past few months while working on newer stuff for Tailwinds CSS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1H38XrN7hi7wHSClfXPqQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1H38XrN7hi7wHSClfXPqQ
wheelerwj 8y ago
< (aka. financial dive) year. what do you mean?
- tehlike 8y ago
  you don't get paid, you don't make money, eat from savings.
- ascar 8y ago
  That he probably didn't have a paid sabbatical. Getting paid for a sabbatical is very rare and not the norm.
- keyle 8y ago
  After 4 years in a Fortune 100 as a contractor, I was burnt out. I took a year off to jump into indie game development. Eventually I successfully shipped a product on the PS4 store, but to get there was a deep scary dive, with no real net and constant self doubt. It made me appreciate how easy contracting is. Now I'm back from my sabbatical, contracting full time and loving to sip on my latte not worrying about the cheque.
AlexAffe 8y ago
How did your sabatical turn out? Did you get what you expected out of it? I am starting one right now and wonder if you had one or two words of advice? Your comment made me laugh btw, I am in such a similar position! Best to you.
- keyle 8y ago
  Shipped an indie game on PS4 to 60 odd countries. Pretty happy with my results. Hardly making any financial sense though, I made more contracting for a month than after a year of royalties.

by keyle 8y ago

hbrundage 8y ago

What % kind of hit do you think you take? I think live streaming the development process might be a really cool way to build a community around a developer-focused tool I might build. Imagine if DHH had streamed the process of creating Rails before it was Rails. I think you're totally right that there's tension between being entertaining and being productive, but do you think one could it well enough that ancillary benefits might be worth it?

tomschlick 8y ago
That's exactly what Adam Wathan has been doing over the past few months while working on newer stuff for Tailwinds CSS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1H38XrN7hi7wHSClfXPqQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1H38XrN7hi7wHSClfXPqQ

wheelerwj 8y ago

< (aka. financial dive) year. what do you mean?

tehlike 8y ago
you don't get paid, you don't make money, eat from savings.
ascar 8y ago
That he probably didn't have a paid sabbatical. Getting paid for a sabbatical is very rare and not the norm.
keyle 8y ago
After 4 years in a Fortune 100 as a contractor, I was burnt out. I took a year off to jump into indie game development. Eventually I successfully shipped a product on the PS4 store, but to get there was a deep scary dive, with no real net and constant self doubt. It made me appreciate how easy contracting is. Now I'm back from my sabbatical, contracting full time and loving to sip on my latte not worrying about the cheque.

AlexAffe 8y ago

How did your sabatical turn out? Did you get what you expected out of it? I am starting one right now and wonder if you had one or two words of advice? Your comment made me laugh btw, I am in such a similar position! Best to you.

keyle 8y ago
Shipped an indie game on PS4 to 60 odd countries. Pretty happy with my results. Hardly making any financial sense though, I made more contracting for a month than after a year of royalties.