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Sorry to be blunt, but have you been trying to start a software business or have you been writing code hoping a business materializes? > I don't even know if t
by JamesBarney 5y ago
Sorry to be blunt, but have you been trying to start a software business or have you been writing code hoping a business materializes?
> I don't even know if this is something people would want or pay for if I completed it
This tells me it's probably the latter. Building a software business is understanding business problems, validating the pricing, verifying there is a market, coming up with a marketing strategy, selling the software, running a support organization, making sure your expenses and profits are categorized correctly. Writing code is just a small piece of that.
It's ok to just be interested in the software part of a software business, but just because you like to cook doesn't mean that you want to own and run a restaurant. If coding is your passion, get a job coding and stop pretending to yourself that you want to run a business.
- d883kd8 5y ago> just because you like to cook doesn't mean that you want to own and run a restaurant. This is valid but many cooks do aspire to own and operate restaurants because it pays so much better
- almet 5y agoDoes it really pays better? I thought that cooks aspired to own/operate a restaurant because they think they'll be able to do the stuff they want the way they want.
- awillen 5y agoUnless you're unable to handle the business side - in that case, you lose a lot of money.
- llampx 5y agoIf you love cooking, running a business would definitely take away time from that. It's also a different set of skills to run a business, especially High-Touch B2C as compared to only delivering food/product.
- minifiedjs 5y agoBut cooking and running a restaurant demands completely different skillsets. Being the best cook doesn't always means they can build a successful restaurant business.