Just wait for winter, Thomas.
I'm from the south of Sweden and even I wouldn't like to be living in a tent come winter. He better stop coding and start building some proper shelter. ;)
The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
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Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#32I'm sure it's possible to sit in isolation and create a livable startup. In my experience, though, the best things professionally, such as bizdev deals, finding people to work with or making large sales, come from personal connections. That is, people that you've actually met. I love the outdoors and I love to code as well. This sounds super fun and I'm kind of jealous of that lifestyle, but I'm not sure if it's a so…
Life is full of phases. I don't think anyone would recommend someone do this for all their life, but for a time and place, it might be the best decision ever made.
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#33Somewhat off-topic; but if you're wondering how this became a story on HN: it was submitted to the ListServe a bit over an hour ago. The ListServe is a really cool email lottery where every day one person wins the chance to send an email to everyone else on the list, and the results have been nothing short of mesmerizing so far. http://thelistserve.com/
Given that they have >22k subscribers already, the chances of actually getting to say something in your lifetime are pretty low - assuming nobody else joins and there are no repeats, it would take over 60 years for everyone to get to post once.
That said, it sounds interesting, as a "15 minutes of fame lottery" at least.
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#34I absolutely love this. I'm jealous. I've been thinking about doing this, even if just once per year for 1-2 weeks. Some type of personal code jam, a chance to fully focus on personal projects distraction free.
I just did some research into the solar panels, they look fantastic but they're a little pricey. (~1000$ each) A little more digging gives me the impression that one could fairly easily DIY similar solar panels for considerable less, though obviously at much less quality.
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#35Reminds me of "Doppler" by Erlend Loe :)
For the lazy: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1156439.Doppler
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#36I absolutely love this. I'm jealous. I've been thinking about doing this, even if just once per year for 1-2 weeks. Some type of personal code jam, a chance to fully focus on personal projects distraction free. I just did some research into the solar panels, they look fantastic but they're a little pricey. (~1000$ each) A little more digging gives me the impression that one could fairly easily DIY similar solar panel…
Why not just rent a cabin in the woods with 2 weeks vacation time?
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#37Now my coworkers can't think i'm the weirdest coder ever for moving to Montana...at least i'm in a house!
Also to offer a prospective, while this sort of thing does change ones ability to interact personally I've found that it is also a hugh boost for productivity...I can code for hours, go climb a mountain to clear my mind and then keep coding.
It also seems like Thomas has found a great way to get publicity depending on what his target demographic is.
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#38The food poisoning reminded me of "Into The Wild"
Apparently the plant poisoning in the movie (and postulated in the book) weren't correct. If you read the Wikipedia on McCandless[1] research into how he died has made it clear that it was just plain old rabbit starvation[2].
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#39I spent two years driving from Alaska->Argentina, living in my tent and cooking on my little camp stove.[1]
I'm a Software Engineer, so I did a few freelance projects along the way. It was perfect to get online somewhere, get all the stuff I needed, then drive out to the wilderness for a week or more while I coded everything up. I'd come back into a town, upload what I needed to and continue on my merry way.
Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest
#40Somewhat off-topic; but if you're wondering how this became a story on HN: it was submitted to the ListServe a bit over an hour ago. The ListServe is a really cool email lottery where every day one person wins the chance to send an email to everyone else on the list, and the results have been nothing short of mesmerizing so far. http://thelistserve.com/
Given that they have >22k subscribers already, the chances of actually getting to say something in your lifetime are pretty low - assuming nobody else joins and there are no repeats, it would take over 60 years for everyone to get to post once. That said, it sounds interesting, as a "15 minutes of fame lottery" at least.
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