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This is super inspiring. I just started working on a side project that I hope can one day be worth something. I'm also the sole breadwinner of a household with
by agentwiggles 4y ago
This is super inspiring.
I just started working on a side project that I hope can one day be worth something. I'm also the sole breadwinner of a household with 2 (soon to be 3) kids and a wife depending on me, so it's really inspiring to see that the dream really can happen, even if it takes a decade plus to realize.
Even if my thing never takes off, it's a tool I've wanted for a long time, so I'm motivated to keep going even if it never makes a penny.
Congratulations, wishing you lots of continued success.
- matt1 4y agoI should have said this in the post, but even if your startup doesn't take off, the skills you learn along the way are very valuable and will make you better at all of your future jobs. I hope things work out for you and that they don't take as long as they did for me :).
- agentwiggles 4y agoCalling it a "startup" at this point feels like a wild exaggeration, I have a user account system and a landing page so far. My current goal is to dedicate the same amount of time to the idea that I spent playing Factorio last year (about 160 hours by Steam's reckoning). At the end of that I will, if nothing else, have learned a lot about Phoenix, which feels like a good bet regardless of any wild dreams of sustaining an income from the other. Either way though, thanks for the encouragement!
- dmueller39 4y ago> Even if my thing never takes off, it's a tool I've wanted for a long time, so I'm motivated to keep going even if it never makes a penny. This is what motivates me! Humorously, I keep getting pulled back to building the features I want instead of actually getting the thing in front of people :)