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So far so good, but it confirms me that Europe is slower for firing up a project.
https://officesnapshots.com here -- I'd say it was 5 years of being a hobby before I decided to try to make it into my full-time job. Was a history teacher when I started the site. Another 2 years or so of temping, miscellaneous web work, and anything else to pay the bills. It has now been 2 years where the website is truly my full-time work and I'm looking to hire my first employee in the next few months. Pretty exc…
https://officesnapshots.com here -- I'd say it was 5 years of being a hobby before I decided to try to make it into my full-time job. Was a history teacher when I started the site. Another 2 years or so of temping, miscellaneous web work, and anything else to pay the bills. It has now been 2 years where the website is truly my full-time work and I'm looking to hire my first employee in the next few months. Pretty exc…
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Freelancing is not a side project, it is actually a job.
Sure. But it felt effing good :) To clarify: it was a project outside of my 9-5, which made it feel side-projecty. It was also something that was paid on a contract basis which made it 'somehat official'. I negotiated almost 2.5 months to get this contract, which also made it feel real. I may not be answering your question, but I'm sharing this so that others know that this is a possibility and also because I wanted…
I don't really believe in deciding whether to go full time based on how long you've been working on a side project, but rather based on its traction.
I don't really believe in deciding whether to go full time based on how long you've been working on a side project, but rather based on its traction.
Obviously it is not. You can read my question as how long did it take you to get enough traction in your side project to became a full time job. And still the answer will vary depend on how much do you spend in your side project, the market, your goals, etc. I hope no one decides to go full time with their pet projects because of the time they have spent on them!
Adjusting it would definitely helps clarify if that's not what you meant. Perhaps, "How successful was your side project before you went full time?", or "How much MRR / traction... ?"
I'm probably near the higher end of the distribution to this among my Internet buddies: about 4 years. Partly this was due to it truly being a hobby, partly because bingo cards are not the most renumerative thing in the world, and partly because my skill level at the time was rather low. A more typical number among my SaaS buddies is about 18 months of sustained effort until you hit $10k in MRR, which typically is en…
Patrick, do you intend to continue doing side projects with you new role at Stripe? Best of luck at this new role :)
28 months a mean of 2~3h per day. Now It's my full time job and 3rd Start-up. The most time consuming part until now, finding good partners, product definition, market research. So far so good, but it confirms me that Europe is slower for firing up a project.