Hey Kunal, I found you in small bets. I enjoyed this post. I quit my job at AWS 6 months ago and I am on a similar journey as well. My journey so far has yielded similar insights especially the one regarding the best times of the day for you to work.
I like that you have decided to time box your experiments and trial as many as possible. I made the mistake of waiting around for an idea to pop up and I realize this is a loosing strategy. Switching to a strategy of frequent short experiments.
Hi Justine, Thank you for sharing your experience. It is great to meet people on similar journeys and learn from each other. Experimenting more will help us learn quickly. Are you documenting your journey somewhere? Let me know as I would love to follow.
I have taken a more or less similar path last week and have anticipated a six month- one year deep breath.
Unlike your past, I already had a previous experience of a decade of independent company back home before moving to Canada. Here after one year of job hunting and 8 month of work in a pretty well payed and very prestigious job, I new that making your own money to a two week paycheck (plus much less creativity and freedom) is like natural honey to purified sugar.
Like you I have many ideas and I learned from you here to run them and assess them on sprints. I guess as you mentioned, an engine , no matter how good, will not run by itself, it needs a car body and wheels etc. so we should be open to cooperation, alliances and outsourcing and of course an eye on financing to speed up the success -> basically a business plan which will draw a map for you and you can draw your options on it.
What ever your next decisions may be and regardless of what objectives you may achieve, hitting this road at this current time is a very good business/personal decision decision.
Thank you Hassan for sharing your story and thoughts.
Yes, this kind of journeys take time. But I hope your past experience helps you with some of the necessary skills needed as an independent professional. For example, I struggle with marketing my products and learning the hard way.
Agree - collaboration is ultimately required to make a successful outcome. However, I also believe that in the early stages one can move quickly if they don't have the overhead of coordinating with others.
Thank you once again and good luck with your journey. If you are also logging your journey, please share the information and I would love to follow.
Hey Kunal, I found you in small bets. I enjoyed this post. I quit my job at AWS 6 months ago and I am on a similar journey as well. My journey so far has yielded similar insights especially the one regarding the best times of the day for you to work.
I like that you have decided to time box your experiments and trial as many as possible. I made the mistake of waiting around for an idea to pop up and I realize this is a loosing strategy. Switching to a strategy of frequent short experiments.
Good luck :)
Hi Justine, Thank you for sharing your experience. It is great to meet people on similar journeys and learn from each other. Experimenting more will help us learn quickly. Are you documenting your journey somewhere? Let me know as I would love to follow.
Hey! I Think you are already following me on Twitter. I gave you a follow today. I will definitely keep in touch.
Yes, realized that I already follow you on twitter. Good luck to you too.
I have taken a more or less similar path last week and have anticipated a six month- one year deep breath.
Unlike your past, I already had a previous experience of a decade of independent company back home before moving to Canada. Here after one year of job hunting and 8 month of work in a pretty well payed and very prestigious job, I new that making your own money to a two week paycheck (plus much less creativity and freedom) is like natural honey to purified sugar.
Like you I have many ideas and I learned from you here to run them and assess them on sprints. I guess as you mentioned, an engine , no matter how good, will not run by itself, it needs a car body and wheels etc. so we should be open to cooperation, alliances and outsourcing and of course an eye on financing to speed up the success -> basically a business plan which will draw a map for you and you can draw your options on it.
What ever your next decisions may be and regardless of what objectives you may achieve, hitting this road at this current time is a very good business/personal decision decision.
Good luck to us both.
Thank you Hassan for sharing your story and thoughts.
Yes, this kind of journeys take time. But I hope your past experience helps you with some of the necessary skills needed as an independent professional. For example, I struggle with marketing my products and learning the hard way.
Agree - collaboration is ultimately required to make a successful outcome. However, I also believe that in the early stages one can move quickly if they don't have the overhead of coordinating with others.
Thank you once again and good luck with your journey. If you are also logging your journey, please share the information and I would love to follow.