How Much I Money Made From Side Projects In 2008

Re:How Much I Money Made From Side Projects In 2008 by brianr on Thursday January 08, 2009 @12:45AM (#424508)

I'm a fan of the "throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks" approach. Build lots of different things until one starts to get traction, and when one does, focus your attention on that.

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Re:How Much I Money Made From Side Projects In 2008 by rs on Thursday January 08, 2009 @02:57AM (#424632)

That's good for well sized projects for the time frame that you're willing to commit to.

However, from my experience in the past, I actually tried that on a number of BIG projects - knowing only a couple of things:

1. The ideas were big - thinking about 50k LOC at minimum.

2. I had too much ego to let them go

Bad, bad mistake. Bad rs.

I scaled back to just working on 1 big project, and maybe toying with 2-3 smaller projects, and it has worked out better.

But the essence of your advice is right - work on a number of projects, and focus on one that works.

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