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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by malthuswaswrong on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @08:39AM (#30359745)
If you work 40 hours a day and you feel everyone around you is moving in slow motion and you need to fill your day with extra stuff just to give everyone else a chance to catch up then you probably aren't supposed to be working a salaried job. You are supposed to start your own company.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by dnautics on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @09:10AM (#30360131)
> You are supposed to start your own company

This is not always good advice. Maybe you suck at marketing. Maybe you suck at coming up with things people like. Maybe you suck at raising money. Maybe you don't have any network at all. You probably want either a few of these qualities to bootstrap off of, or, start off as a millionaire, before starting a company.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by InitialLastName on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @10:28AM (#30361190)
Maybe you have bills to pay, no generational wealth to act as a safety net, and live in a place whose social safety net has been designed to heavily favor employees of large businesses.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by dnautics on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @05:02PM (#30366384)
For the record, I don't think that's as big a deal. Aside from the generational wealth thing, which I am certain biases the founding type, some of the best founders came about because they had nothing to lose.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by chefandy on Thursday February 24, 2022 @09:05AM (#30454793)
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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by edmcnulty101 on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @08:47AM (#30359837)
How do you get the clients is my biggest issue.
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