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Hey, why not start your own company? I bet if they wanted to hire you, but circumstances disrupted that, they saw value that others would see.

jjulius 4y ago
>Hey, why not start your own company? Dude's looking for a job as a senior iOS dev and the advice is to start his own company?
- avgDev 4y ago
  HE COULD BUILD THE NEXT AMAZON OR FABECOOK! /s obviously
- jjtheblunt 4y ago
  Well the rationale for my question is that the app store is full of senior iOS dev people who started sole proprietorships
  - jjulius 4y ago
    It's in the phrasing, then. Telling someone to "start a company" implies something larger than a sole proprietorship. At least that's why I would assume people took umbridge with your comment. Maybe, "You're an iOS dev, have you ever considered making and releasing your own app?" would've had a different impact.
    - jjtheblunt 4y ago
      That makes sense. I believe that iOS devs are wrapped in a company per app store rules,& did not clarify.
gwbas1c 4y ago
(I don't think this comment deserved to get blocked) "Been there done that." I'm an excellent developer, and I tried to start my own company. The workload when starting your own company is very different than merely developing software. Although I won't go so far as to say it takes a special someone to start their own company; many of us know what we want to do with our careers and know the where we want to stretch our comfort zones and where we want to stay in them. Joining an early stage company is often a stretch in itself, especially if someone just wants to spend most of their day programming.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
  > (I don't think this comment deserved to get blocked) I do. It's a shitty suggestion that makes the assumption that the OP has enough money in their bank account to go without a paycheck for several months. Also, starting a company is an entirely different skillset from software engineering. Just because someone is excellent at writing code doesn't mean they'd be a good leader.
  - jjtheblunt 4y ago
    I didn’t make any assumption. I asked a question. The rationale behind the question is that perhaps the person would want to try running a tiny consultancy. I’ve known many who have done that successfully with similar experience level.
    - gwbas1c 4y ago
      I think you should re-read the phrase "Also, starting a company is an entirely different skillset from software engineering. Just because someone is excellent at writing code doesn't mean they'd be a good leader" Not everyone can be the person in charge; and it's counter productive to force people into leadership roles that they really don't want.
  - gwbas1c 4y ago
    I think the discussion we're having is much more valuable than blocking a bad comment. The insight that we're providing hopefully rubs off on the "it worked for me, so it should work for you" fallacy.
- jjtheblunt 4y ago
  It seems the nonsense below overlooked the huge number of very profitable sole proprietorships on the iOS App Store. It also made assumptions about assumptions the question never made, which is self-referentially amusing. There have been numerous posts over the years with sole proprietors citing that they clearly started profitable iOS businesses as side projects while working other jobs.

jjulius 4y ago

>Hey, why not start your own company? Dude's looking for a job as a senior iOS dev and the advice is to start his own company?

avgDev 4y ago
HE COULD BUILD THE NEXT AMAZON OR FABECOOK! /s obviously
jjtheblunt 4y ago
Well the rationale for my question is that the app store is full of senior iOS dev people who started sole proprietorships
- jjulius 4y ago
  It's in the phrasing, then. Telling someone to "start a company" implies something larger than a sole proprietorship. At least that's why I would assume people took umbridge with your comment. Maybe, "You're an iOS dev, have you ever considered making and releasing your own app?" would've had a different impact.
  - jjtheblunt 4y ago
    That makes sense. I believe that iOS devs are wrapped in a company per app store rules,& did not clarify.

gwbas1c 4y ago

(I don't think this comment deserved to get blocked) "Been there done that." I'm an excellent developer, and I tried to start my own company. The workload when starting your own company is very different than merely developing software. Although I won't go so far as to say it takes a special someone to start their own company; many of us know what we want to do with our careers and know the where we want to stretch our comfort zones and where we want to stay in them. Joining an early stage company is often a stretch in itself, especially if someone just wants to spend most of their day programming.

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
> (I don't think this comment deserved to get blocked) I do. It's a shitty suggestion that makes the assumption that the OP has enough money in their bank account to go without a paycheck for several months. Also, starting a company is an entirely different skillset from software engineering. Just because someone is excellent at writing code doesn't mean they'd be a good leader.
- jjtheblunt 4y ago
  I didn’t make any assumption. I asked a question. The rationale behind the question is that perhaps the person would want to try running a tiny consultancy. I’ve known many who have done that successfully with similar experience level.
  - gwbas1c 4y ago
    I think you should re-read the phrase "Also, starting a company is an entirely different skillset from software engineering. Just because someone is excellent at writing code doesn't mean they'd be a good leader" Not everyone can be the person in charge; and it's counter productive to force people into leadership roles that they really don't want.
- gwbas1c 4y ago
  I think the discussion we're having is much more valuable than blocking a bad comment. The insight that we're providing hopefully rubs off on the "it worked for me, so it should work for you" fallacy.
jjtheblunt 4y ago
It seems the nonsense below overlooked the huge number of very profitable sole proprietorships on the iOS App Store. It also made assumptions about assumptions the question never made, which is self-referentially amusing. There have been numerous posts over the years with sole proprietors citing that they clearly started profitable iOS businesses as side projects while working other jobs.