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Re:My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder by aristofun on Thursday February 12, 2026 @08:18AM (#46988487)
Did you notice how you used the word “solopreneur” thus supporting my point.
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Re:My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder by apparent on Thursday February 12, 2026 @03:17PM (#46994514)
I don't think I understood the distinction between being a "pure indie solo hacker" and "indie entrepreneur"/"indie salesman".

Are you saying that one cannot make a living just hacking around?

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Re:My Eighth Year as a Bootstrapped Founder by aristofun on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:37PM (#46996283)
> Are you saying that one cannot make a living just hacking around?

You probably can survive, but not come even close to the salary you'd get being hired by some well established company.

The distinction is what you put first - business (and make hacking constraint by it) or hacking.

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