Hi,

I’m a programmer with a bunch of years in IT and currently I’m trying to build my own project that can bring me enough revenue so I can leave my full-time job and focus on my projects only and eventually start my own business.

The main struggle right now is that I have too little time to work on my projects (around 3 hours per week) and I estimate it will take me at least 2 more years to start earning anything (not talking about real money so I can leave my full time job). I don’t want to create any sort of scam just to grab some cash, but building a real complex software is a time consuming process, not speaking about that I must handle other stuff than programming (which I enjoy but this means I have even more work to do).

I’m wondering if anybody can give me any advice how to speed up that process or where I can get money to be able to focus on my ideas full time? Or maybe somebody tried to do the same and failed and can share what lessons they learned from their mistakes?

I’m looking for a real solutions, so please cut out generic advices like “just keep working” or “just find an angel investor”. I understand that starting your own business is hard and requires to take a risk, but I’m looking for practical advices and not advices based on luck or having a huge start capital.

Thanks

  • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    Your first decision is if you should change projects or stick with this one. Have you validated the concept? Will people pay for a finished version?

    Your next decision is if you should work with others. Either on this project or a different one. Almost any project that you could make a living wage will require scale. Unless you’ve identified a niche product that for whatever reason won’t.

    Another option would be to work freelance on other people’s projects. Maybe start a business fixing people’s vibe code. This will get you $$ the fastest IMO but could be hard to fit in your schedule.