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First of all, congratulations on the sale. Second, funny that his first job after graduation was CTO. Can't see that happening anywhere in EU or US heh
Umm... What ?
That's insane.. But always good to hear some good stories once in a while!
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The hardest part about building a SaaS product for me isn't the technical challenges (although there are some too), it's mostly anxiety. The thing that scares me the most is launching and receiving negative feedback, the thought alone is enough for me to stop working on it.
Negative feedback is better than no feedback. at least you know the person was sufficiently attracted to your product and idea and try it. It’s an opportunity to improve, and it’s also an encouragement. I’ve had people giving me bad feedback and then a few years later come back and finally use it. At this point i knew my product had improved. Also, you’d be surprised how most people sound harsh but actually don’t rea…
Getting anyone to care enough to give you any feedback at all is a sign you are onto something.
First of all, congratulations on the sale. Second, funny that his first job after graduation was CTO. Can't see that happening anywhere in EU or US heh
Sounds like the buyer got a terrific deal. There seemed to be rapid growth and interest. Getting any revenue is hard - growing from 700/month to 7000/month can be mostly momentum. Just sitting on it would make more. Maybe there is more to the story but if not, please hold out with your next project. You'll get low ballers. I had someone offer me 30k for an app I spent a month building. I would have taken it but he wa…
First of all, congratulations on the sale. Second, funny that his first job after graduation was CTO. Can't see that happening anywhere in EU or US heh
Actually more absurdity is possible in EU. I frequently notice, out of college PM(grad scheme), 1yoe Senior Engineer/Team Lead, out of college R&D Engineer(with BSc only), 2yoe CTO etc.. These are mostly in UK though but still counts.
OK they wont be at the same level as the Boss (the President of the Mechanical engineers at the time)
What sort of people do you thein NASA JPL etc. recruit from university in the main.
First of all, congratulations on the sale. Second, funny that his first job after graduation was CTO. Can't see that happening anywhere in EU or US heh
Actually more absurdity is possible in EU. I frequently notice, out of college PM(grad scheme), 1yoe Senior Engineer/Team Lead, out of college R&D Engineer(with BSc only), 2yoe CTO etc.. These are mostly in UK though but still counts.
I thought it was more common over there... guess not so odd.
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Yes and no, in Europe outside London and Berlin (big capitals) you’ll find that developer salaries are much lower than expected compared to the US. That’s pretty much across the board.
Swiss, Scandinavian and Finnish and probably Danish and Dutch jobs pay way better than Berlin or London Jobs do.
Developing a SaaS product isn’t for everybody but if you are a developer and want to expand your breadth it’s a wonderful and rewarding challenge. Nothing is easy but there has never been more resources, support and tooling for indie SaaS makers. If you want to get started the indiehackers community is fantastic and my inbox is always open for answers/encouragement Shane at Cronitor.io
The hardest part about building a SaaS product for me isn't the technical challenges (although there are some too), it's mostly anxiety. The thing that scares me the most is launching and receiving negative feedback, the thought alone is enough for me to stop working on it.
There's a good chance that, if you're like me, your anxiety about putting it out there leads you to tell yourself that if you just do this one other feature that it'll be ready. So you wait, and you do it. But it isn't quiiiite there yet. So you repeat that cycle. After a while, you've built up your expectations — both of how good it'd have to be to receive attention, and of what kind of attention you'd need to receive to justify the investment of time — that it's almost an impossible bar to meet. So … you don't ship.
I'd encourage you to ship things earlier in the process. As Matt Mullenweg said, "if you’re not embarrassed when you ship your first version you waited too long." (https://ma.tt/2010/11/one-point-oh/)
I'd also be more than happy to give you friendly-but-honest feedback, if it'll help. Email in profile.