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After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Post by jpomykala »

yayr wrote: post #92

Apparently, this is a list of things built over the year: - https://nomadnest.org an alternative to Couchsurfing - https://coffeelist.co - a coffee community - https://nomadasdigitales.com - a digital nomads community in Spanish. - https://lanzame.net - a Product Hunt in Spanish. - https://classline.io - a SaaS for teachers to simply communicate with students over email, this is using the technology that I created fo…

True! Doing something without listening client needs it’s really worthless. You cannot throw the idea because somebody didn’t like the first version! I’m leading two successful SaaS services. One of them is SimpleLocalize.io At first it was just an app for maintaining the big json with translations. Now I’m providing really cool easy to use solution for managing translations in software project. I’m mainly focused on fronted frameworks like ReactJS and Vue. But people really loved Excel import/export option. Would you believe that? I started from providing a SaaS which was maintaining JSON, now I got CLI, CDN and more!

Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Post by OJFord »

torben-friis wrote: post #107
OJFord wrote: post #96

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> Thirdly, the scale of stuff you are talking about is miniscule > I walked away from a Green Card to start my company > If I didn't succeed, I would have lost access to the developed world FOREVER What? I'm British; before HN I'd never heard of a 'green card'. Maybe it's a policy that the USA won't let you in if you walk away from one once; maybe Canada cares about that too. But I assure you, the majority of the 'de…

I'm a spaniard, and while I agree that green cards are obviously unknown here, I would tell you to get a closer look at the requirements for someone from the third world to come work to your country - they EU is awesome, but out of that it's all atrocious. I had a girlfriend that moved here from the US of all places, and almost 5 years of avoiding pitfalls later she still can't be sure she'll be allowed to stay...ima…

I'm not claiming it's easy, just that having turned down an offer from the USA doesn't matter.

Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Post by OJFord »

quietbritishjim wrote: post #111
jariel wrote: post #103

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It doesn't matter what 'the developed world thinks'. For someone who wanted access to a Green Card, to have to give it up is fairly substantial. And FYI anyone in the developed world, were they to know what a 'Green Card' actually was, would find it probably invaluable. The optionality that comes along with being able to move freely and work in the US is a big deal even if it's not apparent at the start of one's care…

The parent comment was responding to the grandparent comment's apparent claim that a green card is equivalent to the whole developed world. There's no dispute that a green card is valuable. A more useful correction to the parent comment: GP probably just meant that the green card was what currently gave them access to the whole of the developed world, not that it's the only way to access some of the countries in it.

A US green card doesn't give you 'access to the whole of the developed world' though, it's meaningless outside of America.

France's customs for example don't care whether you have a US green card or not, it makes no difference in whether or for you're allowed to stay in France.

Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Post by xupybd »

switch11 wrote: post #3

This is a difficult post to respond to Firstly, your issue doesn't seem to be anything other than social anxiety If you have to 'lose sleep' after contacting someone on LinkedIn about your product, then you are just not suited to doing a startup Secondly, there is nothing to feel bad about Vast majority of people are not suited to starting a company or working in a small startup Lots of good jobs in middle and large…

I'm not sure the authors anxieties are cause or effect in this case.

It sounds like they poured their soul into something and now are dealing with the fall out of it failing.

I think this post is nothing more than an emotional release. A cathartic venting of the disappointment of failure.

Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Post by internettroller »

switch11 wrote: post #3

This is a difficult post to respond to Firstly, your issue doesn't seem to be anything other than social anxiety If you have to 'lose sleep' after contacting someone on LinkedIn about your product, then you are just not suited to doing a startup Secondly, there is nothing to feel bad about Vast majority of people are not suited to starting a company or working in a small startup Lots of good jobs in middle and large…

Well, you are assuming many things from his blog post, no? Get off your high horse, little man

Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

#138

Post by xupybd »

bawolff wrote: post #52
croes wrote: post #30

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Ever thought that his anxieties are the result of his failing business and not how he started? And life is telling nothing. There is no guaranteed way of success. You can have all the abilities and knowledge you need and still fail miserably. Luck is a large part of every success story. Nobody has really unique capabilities.

Not to be harsh, but that seems even worse. If you can't handle failures and set backs, you even more so should not be in the start up business because those things are definitely going to happen, a lot, if you are running any sort of business. Its the same as if you are terrified of heights, being a professional mountain climber is a very bad plan. You either need to get over it somehow quickly or choose a different…

I'm terrified of heights. I used to install antennas and satellite dishes. It was great I had to get over my fear. I got to the point where I enjoyed getting up on a two story roof and walking around.

Fast forward 15 years of not doing it and I'm terrified to go up on a roof.

My point is you may have an inclination to be afraid of something but don't let that limit you. You probably can face your fears and overcome.

Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Post by Const-me »

I don’t have a startup. Still, for the last 7 years I’m an independent contractor, which is probably close to being an indie hacker.

Wasn’t the first try. Two times before that I only had a single client, one time they cancelled the project, second time I delivered the software and the client didn’t have other work for me to do. I lived in a big city then, both times I just searched and found another full-time office position.

When I think I have an interesting idea, I sometimes pursue on my free time. So far, the only outcome I got is couple dozen stars on github, and in one case a hundred thousand of free downloads of my app. Pretty close to nothing. https://github.com/Const-me/SkyFM https://github.com/Const-me/vis_avs_dx https://github.com/Const-me/Vrmac

Re: After losing my savings as an indie hacker, I can't do it anymore. I quit.

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Post by phs318u »

colonwqbang wrote: post #115
jacekm wrote: post #94

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Exactly. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do".

Said only by people lucky enough never to have made any truly grave mistakes in their lives.

I've made grave mistakes and hurt people in ways for which I cannot ever make amends. The only amend I can make is to be a better person, which I think I am.

For me it was important to forgive myself even when no one else would. My view is forgive (myself) but not forget. Forgiving allows me to move forward. Not forgetting is a guardrail against moving back.

Having said that, life is full of actions with consequences that are truly final and one-way tickets. I'm not judging how people perceive the pain of their own dilemmas. That's a deeply personal call.

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