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Re: Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?

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Post by toyg »

aragot wrote: post #11

Become a product manager (at least part-time). I was a developer for 7 years and never progressed towards PM, so I've just left my company, created my bootstrapped start-up because no-one would ever believe in me, got experience at copywriting, marketing, negociation, product roadmap planing, went to conferences, talked at some, (all of those in addition to developing the product obviously), sold enough copies within…

Big up! I hope to do something similar this year -- in January I'm pitching a couple of internal projects that would basically make me a PM. If they don't fly, I'll consider my options (although bootstrapping with two kids and mortgage is... very unappealing).

Re: Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?

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Post by matteotom »

collyw wrote: post #20
matteotom wrote: post #7

1. Exercise 6 days/week. 2. Work on one thing at a time (no more multi-tasking). This includes not doing something else while talking to somebody. 3. Plan out when to do work the day it's assigned, and don't leave it to the last minute. 4. Meditate daily. 5. Minimize distractions. That is, no reddit, less Facebook, Twitter, and HN. I guess those are more goals than plans, but same idea. Edit to add: get into shape to…

If your location permits it, I would really recommend cycling to work. That is a really easy way to get daily exercise in. (Plus its a very efficient way of getting around some cities, if you don't mind bending the rules). I should try your list as they are all things I feel I ought to do more of (or less of in the case of 2 and 5).

As a college student, that wouldn't help too much, as it's at most a 15 minute walk walk to class.

And shipping my bike across the country would probably be more expensive than a good pair of running shoes.

Re: Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?

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Post by toyg »

1. Hopefully ship a couple of big internal projects that would basically make me a product manager.

2. find the courage to actually launch a silly viral website I've done in my spare time. It's been sitting on my disk for a couple of months now, ready to go, but I fear the maintenance burden I'll get once launched.

3. if the two above items flounder, retool -- in 2016 my current job will likely be obsolete, so I have to prepare for that.

Re: Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?

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Post by corobo »

toyg wrote: post #26

1. Hopefully ship a couple of big internal projects that would basically make me a product manager. 2. find the courage to actually launch a silly viral website I've done in my spare time. It's been sitting on my disk for a couple of months now, ready to go, but I fear the maintenance burden I'll get once launched. 3. if the two above items flounder, retool -- in 2016 my current job will likely be obsolete, so I have…

What's the general idea of number 2? Colour me intrigued at least :)

Re: Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?

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Post by kunstmord »

1. Read more books (now that I have a Kindle, shouldn't be a problem)

2. Visit Shanghai

3. Start my work for ESA (European Space Agency)

4. Launch a couple of projects I've been working on recently

5. Participate in at least 3 Kaggle challenges

6. Finish recording my album

7. Gain some weight, do more sports

8. Try and finish my startup project, if it turns out to be a dead-end financially, open-source it

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