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I think it's difficult to quantify "best", but I left an SWE job to run my own business in a low-tech, "dirty" job[1] where software, automation and mathematica
by AussieWog93 4y ago
I think it's difficult to quantify "best", but I left an SWE job to run my own business in a low-tech, "dirty" job[1] where software, automation and mathematical decision making is typically not applied.
Currently out-earning a typical senior engineer, working maybe 30 hours a week and regularly taking time away from work to spend with my wife and young daughter.
[1]Specifically, used video games. But there are heaps of markets out there where technology and process is greatly under-utilised. Almost all of them are not high-status; that's why smart and educated people avoid them.
- castratikron 4y agoThis has been my idea for starting a business too. Glad to hear there's a way to make a living out of it. It always seemed to me that the used video game market was tough to get into; lots of competition, easy to enter, have to deal with theft and other costs of maintaining physical (and in some case decaying) product. I've seen enough stores go out of business to scare me away from quitting my day job for it.
- AussieWog93 4y ago>I've seen enough stores go out of business to scare me away from quitting my day job for it. To clarify, I ran it as a side gig before making any serious moves!
- sviruz 4y agoNow that sounds very interesting. How are you competing in such a tight market? Most of used games places in my city vanished over the years and even gamestop is closing down some of its stores. Are you doing it online only?
- cinntaile 4y agoYou're buying and selling video games if I understand it correctly?