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My Failure Resume

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Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by jimhi »

czue wrote: post #12

Love this! What's your tech stack for all these projects? Also how do you aggregate all those live viewer counts?

Django/Python/Jquery/Javascript/Heroku. Thanks for making Saaspegasus - I used for the last 6 :)

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by olalonde »

mittermayr wrote: post #8

At first I was like, yeah, another one of those "follow my life as an indie dev" promos, then I scrolled down to your list of job "failures", and it was incredibly interesting to see just HOW MUCH some people get done in life. If you tend to be somewhat critical of self-promos, I'd still recommend you take a moment and at least scroll down on that page and see for yourself. Very impressive. Just goes to show that you…

I was also confused but those are jobs he applied for but wasn't hired.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by capableweb »

mittermayr wrote: post #8

At first I was like, yeah, another one of those "follow my life as an indie dev" promos, then I scrolled down to your list of job "failures", and it was incredibly interesting to see just HOW MUCH some people get done in life. If you tend to be somewhat critical of self-promos, I'd still recommend you take a moment and at least scroll down on that page and see for yourself. Very impressive. Just goes to show that you…

I don't want to diminish anyone's accomplishments, as I think they are impressive too. However, it is worth noting that some of these projects are relatively simple and don't require a significant time investment. Additionally, some of the projects never launched and are counted as "fail".

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by jimhi »

olalonde wrote: post #15
mittermayr wrote: post #8

At first I was like, yeah, another one of those "follow my life as an indie dev" promos, then I scrolled down to your list of job "failures", and it was incredibly interesting to see just HOW MUCH some people get done in life. If you tend to be somewhat critical of self-promos, I'd still recommend you take a moment and at least scroll down on that page and see for yourself. Very impressive. Just goes to show that you…

I was also confused but those are jobs he applied for but wasn't hired.

Ones I got interviews for and didn't get

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by jimhi »

capableweb wrote: post #16
mittermayr wrote: post #8

At first I was like, yeah, another one of those "follow my life as an indie dev" promos, then I scrolled down to your list of job "failures", and it was incredibly interesting to see just HOW MUCH some people get done in life. If you tend to be somewhat critical of self-promos, I'd still recommend you take a moment and at least scroll down on that page and see for yourself. Very impressive. Just goes to show that you…

I don't want to diminish anyone's accomplishments, as I think they are impressive too. However, it is worth noting that some of these projects are relatively simple and don't require a significant time investment. Additionally, some of the projects never launched and are counted as "fail".

I appreciate you not diminishing my failures. Never launched still means I tried to build and failed for various reasons.

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by capableweb »

jimhi wrote: post #18
capableweb wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want to diminish anyone's accomplishments, as I think they are impressive too. However, it is worth noting that some of these projects are relatively simple and don't require a significant time investment. Additionally, some of the projects never launched and are counted as "fail".

I appreciate you not diminishing my failures. Never launched still means I tried to build and failed for various reasons.

You mean your accomplishments of failing? ;)

Re: My Failure Resume

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0 »

mittermayr wrote: post #8

At first I was like, yeah, another one of those "follow my life as an indie dev" promos, then I scrolled down to your list of job "failures", and it was incredibly interesting to see just HOW MUCH some people get done in life. If you tend to be somewhat critical of self-promos, I'd still recommend you take a moment and at least scroll down on that page and see for yourself. Very impressive. Just goes to show that you…

Agreed. All that work and website loads up fast and is very clear and concise. I did enjoy 'lessons learned' section. Frankly, the entire thing is almost inspirational.
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