wrestlerman

Wow, really appreciate the list.

I guess you are right, thanks for pointing it out.

I agree. Thanks :)

I see that's also a smart way to look at it. How do you figure out that there is a market for the product if you don't know much about the specific industry? Let's say I like sports, but I don't know much about that industry, how would I know that there is a market for it?

I am EU based, so EDGAR is not an option for me, but thanks for the information.

That makes sense, thanks for mentioning it.

What do you mean by technical platform/process?

How would you know if their stated runway is realistic? What I mean, I feel that startup is gonna try to get you no matter what (in some cases), so how do you know if they are telling truth or not?

How do you do that research?

I don't want to sound pessimistic, but I think that only a few percentages of OS projects are worth any kind of money to pay for.

Why? Because who is gonna pay for yet another react select component library that you made. Yes, it's convenient for us to use it, but it's also convenient for you that we use it, because we can also contribute and save each other's time.

I do, though, support the idea of paying maintainers of really big and crucial projects. I'd also love to see companies giving some work time to devs to contribute to OS, instead of being forced to do it in their own time.

I think that coming up with a good project idea is a hard task. Don't listen to people that claim they have so many ideas. Most of that ideas are probably bullshit, that's why they have so many of them.

In my opinion, it can take even a few weeks to come up with something that's even worthy of doing. You should be asking yourself what are the reasons not to do it first. Try to observe your life every day and see if there is something that drives you nuts or maybe something that makes you procrastinate. After that figure out the solution and go for it.

What helps me is well-defined tasks. I put them in Trello and prioritize them. I tell myself that I can not go to another task without finishing a previous one. I also tell myself the sooner I finish the more time I will have for myself. I think the first steps are about discovering what works for you and what does not.

I don't think you will fix this problem instantly. It will take time, so don't panic. Also remember that some days you are gonna be less productive than usual, don't be hard on yourself then.

I really like the feeling when you are learning a new language and you build something and it works.

On the other hand, I find programming cool, when you are building your own stuff. You design it, you put constraints on it and then you develop it and it works! Not only it works in terms of 200 status, but also it does fix your problem.

I've been using it daily for the past month. (I've used it before too, but not daily). Switched from macOS.

I had a lot of problems with updates, with some drivers not working properly. But the biggest problem for me is not having access to so many apps that are available on macOS. I don't really have experience with other systems so not gonna recommend you anything else.

I think OP thinks about documentation of framework/language like an explanation of why/how/what for and not exactly API references. I agree with both of you, good API docs is mandatory, but also reading about advantages/disadvantages on the official website of given technology should be very easy to do.

Wow, I love the comparison!

Makes a lot of sense. Thanks, I didn't think that way, although I do check out job lists quite a lot.

There is no way for me to reply to all of that answers, as I have to work myself. But I really would like to thank all of you for answering my questions. Now not only I know, what information to include in my post, but also what kind of things to have in mind when looking for new tech :)

Hey. My blog is not ready yet. I also didn't mean to market myself. It was quite unexpected to me that the question got so much attention. I'm really happy about it, though. It means that I'm asking correct questions and I can get great feedback like here.

If you are interested in my blog you can contact me: adam@wrestlerman.me and I will send you a link when it's ready:)

Nope. I rarely can focus. People are on the phones, moving a lot, talking with other people. Nope.

To answer your question, I guess anything that applies to a market where there is a big rise of newcomers. Like new programmers and coding bootcamps.

If I only knew, I wouldn't tell you. I think what makes sense is to check out what thing was already growing in 2018 and will still be growing in 2019, but entry is relatively easy. Also if there is a possibility that this thing is gonna be talked about a lot in upcoming months, you've found yourself a market that you can sell your shovels to. Now, quick, find out what people may need and make it before someone else will and you got yourself a shovel.

Second the advice here. Not sure about the first one, because from what I've observed switching jobs offers the biggest rise. But definitely talk with your coworkers about salaries. Write down what you have achieved for your company since you've started. Be on good terms with your coworkers, probably they will be asked about your work. And remember to ask for more than you want. If they give you exactly what you want, it means you asked for too less.

I guess it depends if it turns out that you're a crucial part of the cog in the company and you play it well, you can get on track.

> The disadvantage to this strategy is that it’s a one-shot thing. You can’t keep spamming these forums with the same stale content because it’s both ineffective and pretty offensive. To move forward, we’ll need another content strategy.

Check out your submission history, lol.

To be honest, I don't like that kind of posts. There is no value in them at all. It's the type the of posts where people claim they've built a startup in a day/week. Seriously, it's harming more than helping. What you have achieved is some market validation, but still, you don't know if anyone is gonna pay. Your "users" don't actively use your service, they just subscripted to your newsletter, probably that would be more accurate, but it wouldn't bring so many clicks to your blog, wouldn't it?

Oh, now I get it, thanks. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to your question.

Hmm, I think you are right. I was rather answering the questions in the description not in the title, my bad.

What exactly does terrible dev skills mean? What's wrong with them?

I am surprised no one mentioned manager roles. People don't change that much I guess. We know more about our behaviors, that's right, but experience with working with people is something that will be always relevant in my opinion. I'd say the same about sales(?) and any kind of job that is related to interacting with people.

Just my opinion, not sure how true it is.

I agree with it a lot. I quit social media pretty fast when I was just too busy to use it and it was only distracting me.

That's an interesting point of view. I don't know an answer to this question, because I don't have access to any data on this matter. But what I've noticed is that with every "technology advance" there is a new market, which slowly within a few years(I wouldn't say a year or two) gets filled and after some time it's pretty crowded. With smartphones came mobile apps, with clouds came Saas. What's next? VR? AR? Or maybe something much simpler like a speech recognition?