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That's a cool way of looking at it. I do know of problems. they are everywhere, from capitalization and grammar issues to dropping problems and frustrating peep

by amdbcg 6y ago

That's a cool way of looking at it. I do know of problems. they are everywhere, from capitalization and grammar issues to dropping problems and frustrating peeps. Thank you for setting this in a way that is understandable for next steps. I already solved someone's problem- Open Source Blender made it impossible to key groups (containers) and so I programmed a workaround for someone as a $15 bet that I could, and made a GUI for it - he used it and thanked me, but it was kinda lame doing it for 15 bucks - I don't know how to ask for gobs of money. I also setup someone's server (minecraft , gitea, docker compose, etc) for $30/hr - because I didn't think he could pay full rate ($66/hr) I got a few hundred on that. I saw what FAANG's employee's make and it's ridiculous - 1.2 million after 9 years ? I want to drink from that firehose, but depending on a FAANG for an amount like that seems like a massively corruptible dependency - similar to how Google is being charged for Sherman monopoly practices. The world as I see it is kinda acting dumb. I cannot fix all the problems I see, only the ones that directly matter to me and are within my scope to fix. I can point them out and document for other people to notice. And yeah, if my outlook is skewed due to context, correction/more context is welcomed. Thanks for caring about my issue, and providing context on a twitter that has, what appears on first glance to have good business advice - I wish it was in markdown on github so it would be easier to reference.

Jugurtha 6y ago
>Open Source Blender made it impossible to key groups (containers) and so I programmed a workaround for someone as a $15 bet that I could, and made a GUI for it - he used it and thanked me, but it was kinda lame doing it for 15 bucks Not at all. You sold something for $15, which is more than $0 and a proof in a way that you can produce something of value to someone and sell it. Can you sell that again? How irritating is that problem for those who have it? How expensive is it, as in, how much time and money are those who have this problem losing? How much would they stand to make in time and money? How frequently do they have that problem: is it only once in a while, regularly, or multiple times per day? Is it time of a highly skilled / expensive role or profile? Meaning: is it time of someone paid $$$/hour or $/hour? >I don't know how to ask for gobs of money. You have conversations in which you ask for gobs of money and keep your lips closed. >I also setup someone's server (minecraft , gitea, docker compose, etc) for $30/hr - because I didn't think he could pay full rate ($66/hr) I got a few hundred on that. You can't really know if you don't ask. I remember when I was in college listing my rate for a service that was 15x what others were charging. I was called by art galleries, jewelry stores, and companies to solve that problem. One person could buy your "server setup" service because they don't know how to do it. Another person would buy it even though they know very well how to do it, but they wouldn't be doing something that is more valuable than $66 [either an activity that generates more, or napping, or anything], or that they "dislike setting servers up more than they like having $66", or that's just a distraction for them.

by amdbcg 6y ago

Jugurtha 6y ago

>Open Source Blender made it impossible to key groups (containers) and so I programmed a workaround for someone as a $15 bet that I could, and made a GUI for it - he used it and thanked me, but it was kinda lame doing it for 15 bucks Not at all. You sold something for $15, which is more than $0 and a proof in a way that you can produce something of value to someone and sell it. Can you sell that again? How irritating is that problem for those who have it? How expensive is it, as in, how much time and money are those who have this problem losing? How much would they stand to make in time and money? How frequently do they have that problem: is it only once in a while, regularly, or multiple times per day? Is it time of a highly skilled / expensive role or profile? Meaning: is it time of someone paid $$$/hour or $/hour? >I don't know how to ask for gobs of money. You have conversations in which you ask for gobs of money and keep your lips closed. >I also setup someone's server (minecraft , gitea, docker compose, etc) for $30/hr - because I didn't think he could pay full rate ($66/hr) I got a few hundred on that. You can't really know if you don't ask. I remember when I was in college listing my rate for a service that was 15x what others were charging. I was called by art galleries, jewelry stores, and companies to solve that problem. One person could buy your "server setup" service because they don't know how to do it. Another person would buy it even though they know very well how to do it, but they wouldn't be doing something that is more valuable than $66 [either an activity that generates more, or napping, or anything], or that they "dislike setting servers up more than they like having $66", or that's just a distraction for them.