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17 sounds a bit hardcore, maybe you are very young:) I'm currently doing the exact same route, but at about maybe 14. For those who doubt, please don't until yo

17 sounds a bit hardcore, maybe you are very young:) I'm currently doing the exact same route, but at about maybe 14. For those who doubt, please don't until you try it. I have no idea why, but I can actually put 14 into my own project and I feel completely great. I work maybe 6 days a week like this, get up in the morning and just code until I crash. I'm about a year into it now and I honestly don't feel any burnout at all, if anything I'm becoming more energized and excited as my project nears a production quality and launch nears. You can work much harder and longer for yourself than you can for a check, I swear it's true. I was pretty burned after a standard 40-hour at my last job, I work twice as hard now and I feel great. Weird but true.

tuesday20 7y ago
I’ve experienced the same, though not 14 hours consistently. Are there any steps you take to avoid burnout? Also, are you coding all day? Or writing content etc?
- rando_guy_here 7y ago
  Yes, I'm coding all day, but I'm very nice to myself and only do it if I feel up for it. I just naturally have 14 hours in me because it's my own business, which was the really surprising thing after seeing how 40 elsewhere made me feel. I think starting this without the skills to fully pull it off was really key. The learning I've had to do along the way has been really rewarding and has really broadened me out as a tech professional, so there has been this constant positive development in myself as I progress, which keeps me getting up ready to try hard again. No job I've ever had motivated me like this. One other thing I think is key is proper goals. I'm not shooting for a "startup", I want a small business. I want to put something out that actually solves a problem, does it well, and make an honest living off it. I don't think I will ever sell my company for 100 million, but I do think I can make a living and offer myself a nicer working life than I've experienced in the corporate world. That is motivation enough for me.
streetcat1 7y ago
I am approaching 50. Not a problem. When you are working for yourself, there is a "no man land" period, where you are trying to switch the economics from selling your time, to selling the product. So you want to work as hard as possible.

tuesday20 7y ago

I’ve experienced the same, though not 14 hours consistently. Are there any steps you take to avoid burnout? Also, are you coding all day? Or writing content etc?

rando_guy_here 7y ago
Yes, I'm coding all day, but I'm very nice to myself and only do it if I feel up for it. I just naturally have 14 hours in me because it's my own business, which was the really surprising thing after seeing how 40 elsewhere made me feel. I think starting this without the skills to fully pull it off was really key. The learning I've had to do along the way has been really rewarding and has really broadened me out as a tech professional, so there has been this constant positive development in myself as I progress, which keeps me getting up ready to try hard again. No job I've ever had motivated me like this. One other thing I think is key is proper goals. I'm not shooting for a "startup", I want a small business. I want to put something out that actually solves a problem, does it well, and make an honest living off it. I don't think I will ever sell my company for 100 million, but I do think I can make a living and offer myself a nicer working life than I've experienced in the corporate world. That is motivation enough for me.

streetcat1 7y ago

I am approaching 50. Not a problem. When you are working for yourself, there is a "no man land" period, where you are trying to switch the economics from selling your time, to selling the product. So you want to work as hard as possible.