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There are lots of options apart from the standard salaried career. At the age of 39 I'd had enough for working for other people and started my own bootstrapped
by hermitcrab 5y ago
There are lots of options apart from the standard salaried career. At the age of 39 I'd had enough for working for other people and started my own bootstrapped 1-man company, selling software products online. I am still at it 16 years later.
- man-next-door 5y agoI was thinking about it as well. May I ask how you figured out what products to build? Did you stick to the same business domain, learned about their problems, and then built a product?
- hermitcrab 5y ago>May I ask how you figured out what products to build? I built products that I wanted. That probably isn't a commercially optimal approach. Probably better commercially to pick a market, embed yourself in that market and learn what they want. You might end up building something you are less interested in though. >Did you stick to the same business domain, learned about their problems, and then built a product? I have 3 products now. In each case I released something bare-bones that I thought was useful then iterated like crazy on user feedback. I didn't know that much about each domain when I started (but I do now!). If you are interested I've written quite a bit about my experiences at: https://www.successfulsoftware.net https://www.successfulsoftware.net
- bjornsing 5y agoWhat kind of software do you sell?
- hermitcrab 5y agoDesktop software for Windows and Mac.