Re:Where can I find dev contractor jobs?
by jonathanmv on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:48PM
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This is an amazing story. The comments from your friend seem to me very reasonable.
Right now I'm volunteering at a surf shop in Portugal that covers a place to sleep and breakfast. Do i have had time to work on my ideas but I'm not generating any income. I'll keep in mind your friend's experience when tried to work as a contractor for a startup.
Thanks for sharing this story
Re:Where can I find dev contractor jobs?
by jstewartmobile on Sunday September 16, 2018 @11:04AM
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I'll second this. If you do brain work to pay the bills, there probably won't be enough left for your own project.
I believe there was some studio guy who once made the same observation about musicians: the ones who had low-mental-effort day-jobs eventually made it. The rest backslid into white-collar wage-slavery.
Re:Where can I find dev contractor jobs?
by jonathanmv on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:44PM
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Those are interesting cases. Definitively the will power works as a muscle and has limited resources. Thanks for your comment
According to him, he worked "20 hrs a week at TGI Fridays and 70 hours a week on my site".
He had the chance to work for another startup and he said he tried it as a contractor and it was the biggest mistake he ever made.
According to him - "getting away from working online is what made my ideas flourish. You have to take a break and get out in the world and somehow those little moments good ideas just start to happen".
That's one guys opinion - but he's a great guy that a great friend.