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I left my tech job to build a meditation app

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Re: I left my tech job to build a meditation app

#21

Why would you need to quit your job to make a meditation app? Can't you make one in a few days? They don't have any social elements etc, just an app that plays music and notifications.

> Can't you make one in a few days?

Here we go again :-).

Now a days I've become a big proponent of "Talk is cheap, show me the code", not just in s/w field but in general.

If someone says "I did it in 3 days and here is how I went about it" that will lend them more authority and also lead to all kinds of interesting conversations and learnings.

Mind you, I used to make similar comments but over the years as I introspected I realised there's not much to be learnt by building castles in the air and talking about it from the sidelines.

As they say, in theory there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice there is.

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Re: I left my tech job to build a meditation app

#22

Why would you need to quit your job to make a meditation app? Can't you make one in a few days? They don't have any social elements etc, just an app that plays music and notifications.

OP never said they needed to quit to make it, they wanted to do they did and now travels the world.

Which is pretty awesome.

Re: I left my tech job to build a meditation app

#24
It just seems like several thousand people already had this exact sequence of thoughts and did the exact same thing and so there are several hundred meditation apps that nobody really needs and that don't really benefit anybody except the indulgent scrounger who set out to monetize something that should be and already is offered free. If you're "not sticking to" meditation you don't need a different app, you need to realize that you valuing other things over it that are pulling you out.

Re: I left my tech job to build a meditation app

#25
post #19

Why would you need to quit your job to make a meditation app? Can't you make one in a few days? They don't have any social elements etc, just an app that plays music and notifications.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

This is not the same thing though.

The Dropbox trope is "we don't need this product, because the end-user could built it themselves using tech tools"

The comment you replied to is "why quit your job, build an MVP"

Re: I left my tech job to build a meditation app

#26
post #19

Why would you need to quit your job to make a meditation app? Can't you make one in a few days? They don't have any social elements etc, just an app that plays music and notifications.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

An obvious difference is that Dropbox was very early in its niche while at this point we already have many great meditation apps.

Re: I left my tech job to build a meditation app

#28

Why would you need to quit your job to make a meditation app? Can't you make one in a few days? They don't have any social elements etc, just an app that plays music and notifications.

You could write Facebook in a couple days too.

How long does it take you to develop an edge against your competition?

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