Ask HN: Should I find a job or try to build a profitable project?

Re:Ask HN: Should I find a job or try to build a profitable ... by cageface on Sunday June 09, 2019 @08:20PM (#20142817)

Yeah. I spent the better part of two years building something I really wanted to build that I thought people would really want to buy. Turned out I was wrong. If you're burning through your own savings you need to find out as early as possible if there actually is any real demand for your product.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I find a job or try to build a profitable ... by driven20 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @08:35PM (#20142892)

This is exactly what I'm afraid of. Sorry it didn't work out for you.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I find a job or try to build a profitable ... by cageface on Monday June 10, 2019 @01:47AM (#20144199)

I learned a lot in the process. If I ever try anything like this again I'm going to focus on validating or rejecting the idea as quickly and cheaply as possible. There are some good resources online on ways to do this.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I find a job or try to build a profitable ... by jhabdas on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:23AM (#20144810)

That sucks. Did you open source it, at least?

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Re:Ask HN: Should I find a job or try to build a profitable ... by cageface on Monday June 10, 2019 @09:33AM (#20146553)

I wrote a bunch of custom audio DSP code that I still tell myself I’m going to do something with one day.

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