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So my advice would be to pick an idea you're passionate about, keep working on it relentlessly, and cut down on reading tech news. OK, great, but what if there
by jamesbritt 13y ago
So my advice would be to pick an idea you're passionate about, keep working on it relentlessly, and cut down on reading tech news.
OK, great, but what if there is no market for it?
This advice sounds just like, "Do what you love and the money will follow."
I'm deeply skeptical. It sounds like magical thinking.
Somewhere is this are all sorts of assumptions about marketing and sales that just sort of happens.
- rfnslyr 13y agoNot at all. The more projects you have attached to your name, the more you are worth. If you spend two years writing apps that don't go anywhere, but you finish them, and you can preview them, and you throw them on your portofolio and market yourself you can land a really good job. I really don't see a downside, this is the worst case scenario.
- jamesbritt 13y ago... and you throw them on your portofolio and market yourself you can land a really good job. The whole point of this is to avoid having a "really good job" and to have a business instead. I had no problem getting really good jobs. I can get one today. I no longer want to work for other people.
- rfnslyr 13y agoGodspeed!
- dirktheman 13y agoI'm a marketer/coder myself, I should have elaborated! You're right. If you want to build a succesful business there is a massive amount of validating, marketing and PR involved. In fact, building your app is the easiest part...