Become a product manager (at least part-time). I was a developer for 7 years and never progressed towards PM, so I've just left my company, created my bootstrapped start-up because no-one would ever believe in me, got experience at copywriting, marketing, negociation, product roadmap planing, went to conferences, talked at some, (all of those in addition to developing the product obviously), sold enough copies within the first year to make a nice living... I think I've proven my point that I'm not bad at it, as opposed to the stigma we face when we're programmers, so next year I hope to be hired in a proper company to do the same job.
Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?
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#121. Launch one profitable product
2. Finish my Arduino ultimate machine
3. Launch one new passive income source
4. Sleep better
5. More family time
6. Learn d3.js
2014 I struck out on all fronts
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#13Become a product manager (at least part-time). I was a developer for 7 years and never progressed towards PM, so I've just left my company, created my bootstrapped start-up because no-one would ever believe in me, got experience at copywriting, marketing, negociation, product roadmap planing, went to conferences, talked at some, (all of those in addition to developing the product obviously), sold enough copies within…
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#14- Finish the half of the projects I started in 2014.
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#15I want to get more into HW after decade of working on pure software stuff. I bought Raspberry Pi, Arduino and couple of modules and will try to create something interesting and maybe get it into production of some magnitude.
My other big project this year is to find new home for my tiny winery: I am looking for new land to build proper facilities and acquire more vineyards as well.
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#16My aim for 2015 is to spend more time with my family. To do this will probably involve a change of job etc. But that is my main goal.
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#17 - Finish my book (on Docker) and do a decent job of it.
- Learn a couple of songs on guitar (2014 failure).
- Move flat.
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#18I've got a 2 year plan that starts tomorrow - since I've decided to quit university my plan is to bootstrap a business that would make a profit of atleast the same amount that I would have had to pay for the degree (4400 eur) in the same amount of time that I would have had to spend learning (2 years).
I'm pretty positive about my chances, though this will be my first attempt at `doing business`
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#19Spend less time with friends and more time on programming and playing games.
Re: Ask HN: What are your big plans for 2015?
#201. Exercise 6 days/week. 2. Work on one thing at a time (no more multi-tasking). This includes not doing something else while talking to somebody. 3. Plan out when to do work the day it's assigned, and don't leave it to the last minute. 4. Meditate daily. 5. Minimize distractions. That is, no reddit, less Facebook, Twitter, and HN. I guess those are more goals than plans, but same idea. Edit to add: get into shape to…
If your location permits it, I would really recommend cycling to work. That is a really easy way to get daily exercise in. (Plus its a very efficient way of getting around some cities, if you don't mind bending the rules).
I should try your list as they are all things I feel I ought to do more of (or less of in the case of 2 and 5).