I just want to code (2023)

Post by cortesoft » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 3:03 AM UTC

platevoltage wrote: post #26

cortesoft wrote: post #15

Am I the only coder who has never really felt the desire to "be my own boss" and get rich from coding? I was so against the idea, actually, that I avoided majoring in CS because I didn't want to ruin my favorite hobby by doing it professionally. It wasn't until a few years after I graduated with my philosophy degree and couldn't find a career that I decided to try writing code for a living. It's been great for me for…

I never thought that I would "be my own boss" after making the moves needed to go beyond just being a hobbyist, but I was quickly shown that I'm essentially unemployable. It's been 2 years, and I can proudly say that i'm finally making more money than I did delivering packages on a bicycle in SF, which isn't much. Getting rich was never in the cards for me, but not having to answer to a tyrannical boss every day is d…

Post by cortesoft » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 3:06 AM UTC

999900000999 wrote: post #20

cortesoft wrote: post #15

Am I the only coder who has never really felt the desire to "be my own boss" and get rich from coding? I was so against the idea, actually, that I avoided majoring in CS because I didn't want to ruin my favorite hobby by doing it professionally. It wasn't until a few years after I graduated with my philosophy degree and couldn't find a career that I decided to try writing code for a living. It's been great for me for…

I like programming for my friends. The moment money gets involved it goes to shit. Idea guys want you to program for free , and offer you something like 1% vested over 5 years. They have you sign NDAs before you start working. The ideas are all really really stupid. I do have my ideas, but I’m also humble enough to just accept I’ll probably never make any real money. I self taught my way straight to 6 figures ( back…

Post by woodruffw » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 3:21 AM UTC

androng wrote: post #6

>No one likes schleps, but hackers especially dislike them. Most hackers who start startups wish they could do it by just writing some clever software, putting it on a server somewhere, and watching the money roll in—without ever having to talk to users, or negotiate with other companies, or deal with other people's broken code. Maybe that's possible, but I haven't seen it. >One of the many things we do at Y Combinat…

Post by rat87 » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 3:43 AM UTC

coolThingsFirst wrote: post #14

Macha wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of why people didn't build Stripe before was that to enter the payments space you needed connections to get the banks and payment processors to work with you. In comparison, you don't need anyone's permission to make uber for dry cleaners or something in line with other trends of the time. I doubt the Collison brothers would have been as successful getting Stripe off the ground if it had been their first compan…

Anything thats remotely disruptive requires the same deep connections. Tech just doesnt have many opportunities left.

Post by wodenokoto » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 3:55 AM UTC

vicapow wrote: post #3

Just a suggestion: The github permissions your comment login thing requests is a bit too aggressive. > This application will be able to read and write all public repository data.