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Right now, if I want to build something more complicated than an online brochure, I need to sell my vision to a coder or investor before I even have a working p

by h34t 18y ago

Right now, if I want to build something more complicated than an online brochure, I need to sell my vision to a coder or investor before I even have a working prototype. This really sucks. It means I have to over-sell an idea that I don't even know is good yet (because I haven't built it) and then I have to give up equity at the worst possible stage (before I have any traction). I've got design and management experience under my belt and I'm pretty sure my brain is capable of enjoying playing with code, too. So I'm choosing this path to amplify what I'm capable of doing in life, and to follow my gut.

hhm 18y ago
I just was telling you what in my experience worked best for me. I worked in game development for many years... from my own studio. Very successful on that, but I started to get bored of that. I wanted to use my brain more. I was selling games for advertising so in a way it was like making online brochures, though they didn't work online (they were developed for trade shows mostly). So I started shifting fields, slowly changing my game dev skills and experience for other field skills and experience. I can say it worked for me in many ways, but it wasn't easy. However, I couldn't think of a better option than that. If game advertising isn't what makes me happy anymore, I shouldn't be working on that anymore. And probably that works for you too.
- h34t 18y ago
  Well -- you are right. I'm leaving a company that began as an entrepreneurial venture for me, but then morphed into something where I was to wait several years for my shares (~15%) to vest, during which time I'd basically be a professional manager, grinding the 9-5 without control of the business. Sucked my heart right out from my rear end is what that did. So it is indeed time for me to find something that makes me more happy!
  - hhm 18y ago
    Good luck!!! You'll surely make it!

by h34t 18y ago

hhm 18y ago

I just was telling you what in my experience worked best for me. I worked in game development for many years... from my own studio. Very successful on that, but I started to get bored of that. I wanted to use my brain more. I was selling games for advertising so in a way it was like making online brochures, though they didn't work online (they were developed for trade shows mostly). So I started shifting fields, slowly changing my game dev skills and experience for other field skills and experience. I can say it worked for me in many ways, but it wasn't easy. However, I couldn't think of a better option than that. If game advertising isn't what makes me happy anymore, I shouldn't be working on that anymore. And probably that works for you too.

h34t 18y ago
Well -- you are right. I'm leaving a company that began as an entrepreneurial venture for me, but then morphed into something where I was to wait several years for my shares (~15%) to vest, during which time I'd basically be a professional manager, grinding the 9-5 without control of the business. Sucked my heart right out from my rear end is what that did. So it is indeed time for me to find something that makes me more happy!
- hhm 18y ago
  Good luck!!! You'll surely make it!