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Yeah that hustle porn is all bullshit. I'd rather go back to bartending as I did in my 20s than be one of those losers. Thank you for the encouragement. I'm giving this serious tho…

Thanks for sharing this. Your comment and the sibling comment have me thinking through how I'd launch something like this.

Oh that happens all the time, sure. I'm referencing what I do at the start of a project.

Kinda depends on how large your product / project is. I work as a (mostly) solo dev on very large projects that are typically completed by teams of 5-10 and take 6-12 months to com…

At this point, almost 12 years in, I've got what salespeople call "time in territory". I'm known to a small but always growing group of executives who change jobs every few years. …

Yeah, time estimation is really tough. When I started I figured out I just needed to take my time estimate and double it. Then I got really analytical about it. Now I take my gut e…

Man, been there. You have to act fast and aggressively to demonstrate that value that you've been providing to the incoming manager. And even then, you don't always win. At the sam…

> certainly have a huge base of developers out there who need help going out on their own and could use some coaching on the business and sales sides. Yeah? I was really planning t…

You bet: batmaniac@gmail.com

well, it's not the sexy stuff that creates "Show HN" posts! :) Complex public facing sites for mid-size to large corporations. "Complex" meaning custom-written 3rd party integratio…

Yes, the pivot into consulting is hard. It's a lot more abstract than "I will build you widget X for $Y", which is a hard enough business in which to get initial traction. The firs…

Absolutely 0. Make sure your house is in financial order. If you are a habitual user of credit cards, have high monthly debt obligations, and no saving, before you even think about…

Hey, thanks! I work in a niche of sorts, so the sales channel is 100% word-of-mouth referrals. My champions are executives that tend to move from one company to another every few y…

I'm a one man development and consulting shop and have been so for almost 12 years. My 2018 gross revenue was $600K and 2019 gross revenue will be about $780K. I'm an extremely eff…