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I live in the us. My current monthly expenses are about $1300. (Young, no kids, rent, own a car). I have ~18 mo worth of savings and and 1 very simple app on th
by dbtc 12y ago
I live in the us. My current monthly expenses are about $1300. (Young, no kids, rent, own a car). I have ~18 mo worth of savings and and 1 very simple app on the App Store so far. I'm thinking I could quit my current job (java dev, strongly dislike it) now and spend at least a year trying to become indie. Do you think this is a reasonable thing to do?
I figure at the end of that year I will at least hopefully have enough of a portfolio to get hired as an ios dev somewhere and continue working on my dream with some more stable income.
I know it's probably smarter to keep working on apps on the side but I feel like I could progress south quicker not having a full time job. Also I dread mornings right now. Just curious about others' probably more seasoned opinions.
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- gabrielhauber 12y agoI think before you can answer that question, you need an answer to this question: What's my plan?
- cageface 12y agoMy advice to you would be to forget about it. Even if your apps do well you can easily make more money consulting. It's good to have a few apps in the store as a portfolio but if your goal is to become financially independent as a developer you're better off writing web apps or perhaps native desktop apps. Mobile is bad for indies now and steadily get worse.
- ghiculescu 12y agoIf you have 18 months of savings put aside, are young, and hate your job, I think you'd be silly to not take 9 months off and try to do something fun. You'll be just as employable - probably more so - when you're done, even if your projects don't take off at all.