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unfortunately no ... no hackerspace, no local coders to speak of really (probably less than 20 programming jobs in out city of 250,000 people) most of those ar

unfortunately no ... no hackerspace, no local coders to speak of really (probably less than 20 programming jobs in out city of 250,000 people) most of those are older married guys to boot. I started early and honestly had no idea you could even make a living doing this so i just did it for fun and kind of accidentally built something people wanted. Basically now that I have done that and I realize what is possible as a hacker and in business I plan on repeating, hopefully on a larger scale

blhack 16y ago
>unfortunately no ... no hackerspace, no local coders to speak of really Out of curiosity, what was it? If you're already making money, then disregard everything I said, move to the bay.
zbruhnke 16y ago
What I was referring to was a company I have already sold. It just happens to be what made me realize you could make a living writing software. Unfortunately I am still under an NDA with the first exit so all I can really say is that it was mostly sharepoint plugins in the legal industry. What I work on now is completely at my discretion and I only do what I like, most of what I do these days is for fun and for the experience. I have done some work lately for political campaigns and businesses(custom robo-calling apps, calendaring systems for a group of sleep clinics, a product and inventory management system for a manufacturing company etc) but thats just how I make money to pay the day by day bills, my projects are things I am passionate about and love to do, I guess I feel like moving to the bay area would help me get away from the stuff im doing now since I will know less people and I think it would force me to build something I truly WANT to work on instead of constantly accepting projects because there is good money in it and the people know me.

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unfortunately no ... no hackerspace, no local coders to speak of really (probably less than 20 programming jobs in out city of 250,000 people) most of those ar

by zbruhnke 16y ago

blhack 16y ago
>unfortunately no ... no hackerspace, no local coders to speak of really Out of curiosity, what was it? If you're already making money, then disregard everything I said, move to the bay.
zbruhnke 16y ago
What I was referring to was a company I have already sold. It just happens to be what made me realize you could make a living writing software. Unfortunately I am still under an NDA with the first exit so all I can really say is that it was mostly sharepoint plugins in the legal industry. What I work on now is completely at my discretion and I only do what I like, most of what I do these days is for fun and for the experience. I have done some work lately for political campaigns and businesses(custom robo-calling apps, calendaring systems for a group of sleep clinics, a product and inventory management system for a manufacturing company etc) but thats just how I make money to pay the day by day bills, my projects are things I am passionate about and love to do, I guess I feel like moving to the bay area would help me get away from the stuff im doing now since I will know less people and I think it would force me to build something I truly WANT to work on instead of constantly accepting projects because there is good money in it and the people know me.