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Sorry to deceive you but when I see the truth, I can only upvote it. There is a lot of cruft in many businesses - so much inefficiency, that it can hardly be r

by guylhem 14y ago

Sorry to deceive you but when I see the truth, I can only upvote it. There is a lot of cruft in many businesses - so much inefficiency, that it can hardly be removed by joining in their ride. The software industry is not immune to that. Therefore it just is more logical to do something by yourself. After all, there are only 2 possibles outcomes - you do bring value, which will be rewarded by the market, or you don't - and at least, it won't last too long. Unefficiency is a pain. Create your business. Sink or swim, with the added advantage (schadenfreude ?) of watching the inefficient ones drown while you swim around. There no personal hate involved- I don't hate them, and in fact I may even feel sorry. It's the inefficiency that I hate.

seivan 14y ago
Wow, well put. You're more eloquent than I am, making me feel like an obnoxious brute. But well put. Although I wish was like you with the lack of personal hate, but I can't get my head around it. But kudos for doing so. I hope to get there one day. Thanks, made my day.
FourthProtocol 14y ago
It's not that simple. My forever project (started in 2004) needs another month or so of polish, but after stripping out many features to ship a version one, is pretty much ready. Build it and they will come doesn't work. I need paying customers, and being the type that works best when writing code (alone!), I'm about to start exploring options to find someone to market this thing for me, and turn my spare time over the last 9 years into something that makes real money.
- peteforde 14y ago
  But did you enjoy building your project? Did you learn from it or benefit in other ways? It's most likely that you won't recoup on your investment if you only see this in financial terms. If you expand your definition of success it is possible that you have already succeeded.
  - FourthProtocol 14y ago
    Yes, I've already succeeded. And whether I've learnt from it or not (I have) is secondary to the fun I've had with it. The money, any money is just a logical next step to a project that will never die, regardless of it's commercial success or failure.
- seivan 14y ago
  I can't find your product from your Profile. So you're doing a shit work of getting the word out. Honestly. Marketing is EASY. It's Incredibly easy. You've just been scammed thinking it's hard. Getting the word out is easy, getting paying customer is based on the value you offer. You failed #1, you won't get paying customers. Of course they won't come. They don't know of you, but that's easy to fix. People just assume it's hard.

by guylhem 14y ago

seivan 14y ago

Wow, well put. You're more eloquent than I am, making me feel like an obnoxious brute. But well put. Although I wish was like you with the lack of personal hate, but I can't get my head around it. But kudos for doing so. I hope to get there one day. Thanks, made my day.

FourthProtocol 14y ago

It's not that simple. My forever project (started in 2004) needs another month or so of polish, but after stripping out many features to ship a version one, is pretty much ready. Build it and they will come doesn't work. I need paying customers, and being the type that works best when writing code (alone!), I'm about to start exploring options to find someone to market this thing for me, and turn my spare time over the last 9 years into something that makes real money.

peteforde 14y ago
But did you enjoy building your project? Did you learn from it or benefit in other ways? It's most likely that you won't recoup on your investment if you only see this in financial terms. If you expand your definition of success it is possible that you have already succeeded.
- FourthProtocol 14y ago
  Yes, I've already succeeded. And whether I've learnt from it or not (I have) is secondary to the fun I've had with it. The money, any money is just a logical next step to a project that will never die, regardless of it's commercial success or failure.
seivan 14y ago
I can't find your product from your Profile. So you're doing a shit work of getting the word out. Honestly. Marketing is EASY. It's Incredibly easy. You've just been scammed thinking it's hard. Getting the word out is easy, getting paying customer is based on the value you offer. You failed #1, you won't get paying customers. Of course they won't come. They don't know of you, but that's easy to fix. People just assume it's hard.