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Strategically, it makes sense for a programmer to let his / her skills get bid up and use the surplus to store up some dry powder for the next recession. If you
by theorique 14y ago
Strategically, it makes sense for a programmer to let his / her skills get bid up and use the surplus to store up some dry powder for the next recession. If you stay focused, bubbles are great times to build up your skills and do something real.
Unless you're planning to play the startup lottery by creating a gamified social network for teenaged felines or something, in which case, good luck, and have fun. You can probably still come out ahead in skills and experience.
- aaronblohowiak 14y agoThis is my strategy. Contract and stash during bubble, then try and start my own thing in the lull.
- theorique 14y agoIf you can time it right, it is probably best to start your own thing right before the peak - get funded, and have a nice Series A war chest just as the lean times hit and the water turns red. Although to truly weather the lean times, this would have to be a real business - ideally with customers cash flow - not a fluffy built-to-flip eyeball monetizing engine.