Re:Why Good Developers Are Promoted into Unhappiness (2007)
by scarface74 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @10:38AM
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As do I. The key is to build the business to the point where it replaces your income before you quit your dev job. Once it's ticking away, there's very little that can happen over the course of the night (or a month) that can much affect its profitability.
And you’re still “managing” your business - the whole subject of the article was about people who didn’t want to manage.
But yeah, back to the point at hand: try not to scare yourself off by the "business stuff" of running a business. You can do as much or as little of it as you like, and so long as the product is good and your marketing is in place, it's just not a big deal.
It’s not that “I’m scared” of managing a business. I’m a proud MBA drop out, I have plenty of business acumen. I don’t want to manage a business. People were commenting about giving up management and dev lead roles because they didn’t want them - as did I. If I don’t want the headaches of being a dev lead, why in the world would I want the headache of owning a business and managing employees?
You can do as much or as little of it as you like, and so long as the product is good and your marketing is in place, it's just not a big deal.
You mean all I have to do is create a product people want, get funding, find the right people and then life becomes easy? Wow, I didn’t know it was that simple. Do you have a newsletter?
And you’re still “managing” your business - the whole subject of the article was about people who didn’t want to manage.
But yeah, back to the point at hand: try not to scare yourself off by the "business stuff" of running a business. You can do as much or as little of it as you like, and so long as the product is good and your marketing is in place, it's just not a big deal.
It’s not that “I’m scared” of managing a business. I’m a proud MBA drop out, I have plenty of business acumen. I don’t want to manage a business. People were commenting about giving up management and dev lead roles because they didn’t want them - as did I. If I don’t want the headaches of being a dev lead, why in the world would I want the headache of owning a business and managing employees?
You can do as much or as little of it as you like, and so long as the product is good and your marketing is in place, it's just not a big deal.
You mean all I have to do is create a product people want, get funding, find the right people and then life becomes easy? Wow, I didn’t know it was that simple. Do you have a newsletter?