Managing my motivation as a solo dev

Re:Managing my motivation as a solo dev by mpalmer on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @05:24PM (#40590805)

Very good post. A lot of it rings true with my own experience and it seems like you've found a lot of good ways to work with what you've got, instead of around or through it.

I also like "addressing the pain" - a bit too much. I seek out pain just to build tools that address it, because that's almost always more fun than the task itself.

If someone paid me just to build things that improve people's personal workflows I'd take the job in a second.

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Re:Managing my motivation as a solo dev by kahmeal on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @05:26PM (#40590818)

Sounds like a great personality type for a platform engineer..

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Re:Managing my motivation as a solo dev by mpalmer on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @05:33PM (#40590882)

Yeah I agree, something like that. Honestly though I think it's more than that, I like building "toys" that are fun to use (and help with productive work). I don't think anyone's hiring toymakers, I might need to go solo myself if I'm determined.

And of course my deep fear is I'd find that perfect job and nothing about my habits would change.

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