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I disagree. I'm onto my second startup. My first one is (just) profitable and my second is showing very promising signs. I put all the profits back into my bu
by zemaj 19y ago
I disagree.
I'm onto my second startup. My first one is (just) profitable and my second is showing very promising signs.
I put all the profits back into my businesses, so I work three days a week to pay my personal bills (and temporary business expenses). Fortunately, my job lets me go in whenever I want, which helps me juggle my time.
I think it works pretty well. It's meant I've never had to take any outside investment and yes, working my day job gives me time to reflect and come up with new ideas. It undoubtedly makes me more productive.
- Goladus 19y agoBeing able to go in whenever you want is a pretty key difference from most day jobs.
- juwo 19y agoI currently have a job like that but it is not too much of an advantage. One still has to put in 40 hours of productivity and you get tired at the end of the day like any other.
- staunch 19y agoYou actually work a day job part-time and work on your startup full-time. That's the reverse, which seems a lot better to me. I still think the ideal situation is over-time on your startup alone.
- sbraford 19y agoIt can also equally be difficult even if you work from home, but have output monitored. I've worked in an office environment where people could easily get away with surfing the web 80% of the time, no big deal. I've worked from home where Subversion checkins are monitored daily. No checkin? Well what the heck are you doing from home then? =)