Thanks for the frankly sharing of the journey, being in the same boat, after two years of not-worth-to-mention revenue from appstore, it seems start to get on track a bit now
I think I am not the lucky one to get overnight success and like in the post get the lucky time on iOS 15 release
Being writing a long article to record my indie app developper journey, Hope I can read in calm of it one decade later
I had the fortune and grit to build and release something on my own. It took years and a lot of pain. Then came the pain of supporting it in production. I generally regret putting myself through this and I do look back. I do think it is worth trying something, but you need to be careful what exactly you are building. Too many times I got lost in details or spent way too much time on things that were not worth it. Also, giving up sooner when you see it doesn't work can be a good thing.
We need more of these stories. A week or two ago game engines came up where I see so many wanna-be indie devs effectively throw away their chance at shipping before running out of money by spending time making an engine instead of getting to the game by using an existing one. The comments were generally "so what if they had fun". My reply should have been "it would be nicer to have shipped and kept the fun going longer than not ship because of wasted time and therefore have to give up the dream"
If you have the balls to create and release something, you’re a legend. Don’t be a corporate NPC trying to look like the smartest person in the meeting and optimizing some stupid KPI for your next promotion packet. Life’s far too short. Save me the cliche rebuttals too, I’ve already heard them.
How is this the most upvoted comment? I get great joy out of being a great engineer at work. I LOVE solving hard problems and helping people. People at work using my tools or reading my documents brings me joy.
Because ultimately a lot of corpo tech is ads bullshit or not nearly far enough from it.
Or it's healthcare bs. And not the cool kind where you help people (tremendous respect for doctors and nurses). The bs kind where you make it slightly more efficient to bill them into bankruptcy.
Or it's generic SaaS which is more or less the most you can hope to get to work on. (It's where I am).
Then there's reams of poorly paid positions where you software mill excel-adjacent LOB apps.
I agree with the sentiment of parent comment. Corporate programming sucks. If you have the opportunity to not be alienated from the product of your labor, do it.
You do realize that there is a large spectrum of occupations between a self-employed software developer, and a "corporate NPC", don't you? And, do you really reject all counterarguments outright, like you heard all of them already and there is nothing new you can learn, nor any place of individual circumstances in life?
Agreed friend
Also, "it takes five years to become an overnight success" is a fantastic line.
Great read
I think I am not the lucky one to get overnight success and like in the post get the lucky time on iOS 15 release
Being writing a long article to record my indie app developper journey, Hope I can read in calm of it one decade later
Rent is due every month and stores don't accept personal IOUs....
You can do this and release things! Do both!
Or it's healthcare bs. And not the cool kind where you help people (tremendous respect for doctors and nurses). The bs kind where you make it slightly more efficient to bill them into bankruptcy.
Or it's generic SaaS which is more or less the most you can hope to get to work on. (It's where I am).
Then there's reams of poorly paid positions where you software mill excel-adjacent LOB apps.
I agree with the sentiment of parent comment. Corporate programming sucks. If you have the opportunity to not be alienated from the product of your labor, do it.
>mog
Touch grass
I had the same thought 5-6x and it never works!
The interviewer never cares. It works against you.
Actually in software dev, the interview has nothing to do with the job in the slightest bit!
They don’t care if you built software. If you mention it you’ll be labeled toxic. That’s self-aggrandizing white male behavior!
You guys keep building and crafting lol nobody cares about that.
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See these downvoters! Miserable fucks - that’s who interviews you!
I think you might be victimizing yourself a bit much there