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His mistake was more basic. A hobby is done for pleasure. The idea is that you can focus on any part of it without any pressure. Business on the other hand is t
by WheelsAtLarge 3y ago
His mistake was more basic. A hobby is done for pleasure. The idea is that you can focus on any part of it without any pressure. Business on the other hand is the opposite. You need to focus on what the market wants and the business needs, not always what you want, and there is lots of pressure to get it right. Anything less will put you out of business.
Even as a career you have a similar problem. You have to do what your employers want and it needs to be done right the first time.
A hobby should not be turned into a business or career unless you can only focus on what you like.
- ido 3y agoI disagree with such blanket statements. I would phrase it as - know what you're getting into, starting a business will mostly have your running a business rather than doing the "individual contributor" work. If you still want to do it while knowing that, go ahead- just keep your eyes open. And for those of us blessed to work in fields like software development the risks aren't even that high - most likely if your business fails you will have no problem getting a (likely higher paid than you had before) job afterwards.