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There are no excuses. If the it is important and matters, you will always find a way. If you have the know how, start by spending 30 minutes a day on it. Get u

There are no excuses. If the it is important and matters, you will always find a way. If you have the know how, start by spending 30 minutes a day on it. Get up 30 minutes earlier. Pack your lunch and work on it then. Small steps are important. Try to make time daily. You're in the process of discovering a product. When you close your eyes, can you see yourself using this product? Do have this feeling that you're using it as if it already exists? Do you find yourself constantly thinking about it? Hiring developers can be toxic - they'll certainly be able bill hours for building features, but would they be able to help you discover your product?

jrsmith1279 16y ago
Not sure why people down voted your comments. I agree with what you're saying and I appreciate the feedback. I work for an IT Services provider as a Level II technician and I am in charge of providing a certain service to our clients on a daily basis. To administer this service I have to take time out of my normal routine of working tickets and sometimes I find it hard to find the time to do that. My app would make administering this service easier for me, but it would also allow me to pass the duties down to a Level I tech who isn't as busy with working tickets. There's not a product on the market that does this and I believe that the market is huge as far as IT Services providers goes. Writing this app is all I can think about. I think about it before I go to sleep every night, I think about it in the shower, I think about it all day at work. I don't think it'll make me rich, but that's really not my goal anyways. It's more about contributing to the industry that I work in to make life easier for techs like myself. I sort of agree with your thoughts on hiring developers, but I have to believe that this isn't the case with all developers. I think it's possible to find a developer to work with me instead of for me and in that case I think they'd play a key role in the discovery of the product.
- dutchrapley 16y ago
  "I have to believe that this isn't the case with all developers. I think it's possible to find a developer to work with me instead of for me and in that case I think they'd play a key role in the discovery of the product." Very true. And that's key - to find a developer who shares your vision and passion. You might want to consider picking up a copy of Balsamiq Mockups (<a href="http://balsamiq.com/products/mockups>Link</a> http://balsamiq.com/products/mockups>Link</a>). You can quickly start mocking up the UI. You can even make it clickable and export one as a PDF (still clickable). Having a mockup will allow for you to add to and take away from the UI. It would also come in handy when you're ready to pass work to a developer. Having trouble finding tech savvy folks in Waco? Start a networking group, something akin to <a href="http://refreshingcities.com/>Refresh</a> http://refreshingcities.com/>Refresh</a>.
  - jrsmith1279 16y ago
    Thanks for the advice on using refreshingcities.com, I hadn't seen that before. I've been meaning to look at balsamiq since it's recommended quite a bit. I'll take a look at it today.
maximilianburke 16y ago
I like the way you think but I'd caution you on working on your own project while on lunch as I think some employers may not be welcoming of you doing that while on "their time" with "their resources", even if you're on your lunch break using your own software/hardware.
- dutchrapley 16y ago
  And that's a good point. You've got to take common sense into account.
- jrsmith1279 16y ago
  Luckily I work from home and I'm paid 100% commission based on the hours that I bill. This means that I'm free to do what I want for the most part as long as our customers are taken care of. The downside to that is that if I'm not billing hours, I'm not making money.

jrsmith1279 16y ago

Not sure why people down voted your comments. I agree with what you're saying and I appreciate the feedback. I work for an IT Services provider as a Level II technician and I am in charge of providing a certain service to our clients on a daily basis. To administer this service I have to take time out of my normal routine of working tickets and sometimes I find it hard to find the time to do that. My app would make administering this service easier for me, but it would also allow me to pass the duties down to a Level I tech who isn't as busy with working tickets. There's not a product on the market that does this and I believe that the market is huge as far as IT Services providers goes. Writing this app is all I can think about. I think about it before I go to sleep every night, I think about it in the shower, I think about it all day at work. I don't think it'll make me rich, but that's really not my goal anyways. It's more about contributing to the industry that I work in to make life easier for techs like myself. I sort of agree with your thoughts on hiring developers, but I have to believe that this isn't the case with all developers. I think it's possible to find a developer to work with me instead of for me and in that case I think they'd play a key role in the discovery of the product.

dutchrapley 16y ago
"I have to believe that this isn't the case with all developers. I think it's possible to find a developer to work with me instead of for me and in that case I think they'd play a key role in the discovery of the product." Very true. And that's key - to find a developer who shares your vision and passion. You might want to consider picking up a copy of Balsamiq Mockups (<a href="http://balsamiq.com/products/mockups>Link</a> http://balsamiq.com/products/mockups>Link</a>). You can quickly start mocking up the UI. You can even make it clickable and export one as a PDF (still clickable). Having a mockup will allow for you to add to and take away from the UI. It would also come in handy when you're ready to pass work to a developer. Having trouble finding tech savvy folks in Waco? Start a networking group, something akin to <a href="http://refreshingcities.com/>Refresh</a> http://refreshingcities.com/>Refresh</a>.
- jrsmith1279 16y ago
  Thanks for the advice on using refreshingcities.com, I hadn't seen that before. I've been meaning to look at balsamiq since it's recommended quite a bit. I'll take a look at it today.

maximilianburke 16y ago

I like the way you think but I'd caution you on working on your own project while on lunch as I think some employers may not be welcoming of you doing that while on "their time" with "their resources", even if you're on your lunch break using your own software/hardware.

dutchrapley 16y ago
And that's a good point. You've got to take common sense into account.
jrsmith1279 16y ago
Luckily I work from home and I'm paid 100% commission based on the hours that I bill. This means that I'm free to do what I want for the most part as long as our customers are taken care of. The downside to that is that if I'm not billing hours, I'm not making money.