It’s unclear in your first startup what the worth of your company will be, but the worth of your person is guaranteed to increase. (It is not my original but I stick to it)
I did it! I quit my day job!
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#32Congragulations
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
It took me nearly a minute on a 10Mbit connection. So yah, I agree with the above poster. Congratulations though!
Thanks for the feedback on the site design, everyone! It's far from finished, that was another reason I didn't want to link to it, but I should have been more clear about that :) With all the actual project work I've been doing, the site become almost an afterthought... Which is not a good idea, I know. I will definitely rethink the whole Flash concept and make it a lot faster. Thanks!
My advice is to dump the site and replace it with a clean blog. If your as busy as you need to be to survive, you'll never have time to maintain a custom site like that. Don't let your site show off your skills, let your reference-able portfolio do that job.
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#34Definitely ditch flash for your website, go to http://www.themeforest.net to get an inexpensive head start. Really happy for you over here, I imagine it must have been a hard decision.
I totally agree. I don't think the flash is doing that much for you anyway.
But if you refuse, at least put something else where flash-less people see. My first impression of you was:
Alternate HTML content should be placed here.This content requires the Adobe Flash Player.Get Flash
which makes it look like you don't have the attention to detail to get rid of a stock message like that (and proves to me you didn't write it yourself).
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#35Great to hear that things are working out for you. What is your plan? Are you going to attempt to grow the consulting business to full time?
Well, the consulting business is full time already. I'm planning to grow it, and eventually introduce some products, as well.
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#36Does your company have a product that it maintains ownership of, or are you basically a contractor / consultant?
Contract/consultant for now. Eventually, I want to to introduce some products, but at first, financial independence from Big Co. was my #1 goal.
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#37Definitely ditch flash for your website, go to http://www.themeforest.net to get an inexpensive head start. Really happy for you over here, I imagine it must have been a hard decision.
Agreed! I took one look at your mystery meat navigation (after turning of noscript) and hit the close button. If you want to attract talented developers, get a better site.
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#38Congrats! ditch the flash
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#39Congrats and good luck! Wish I can do the same as well. I guess I still have a few more months to go although technically speaking I'm also ramen-profitable. Just that I'm lacking the idea to expand.
One piece of advice from someone who studies technology. Technology is all about saving time and money. Answer all your questions to that perspective and you will do well. And yeah, using a Flash site doesn't help people save (more) time.
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#40lol :) Glad to know the party's getting bigger! Best Wishes :)