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

  • diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    I’m a senior software engineer and I’ve wanted to do the same for everrrrr. It’s not easy. This is why project owner and engineer are two different titles. I’ve made a ton of progress on an app I’m building over the past half a year or so but at times I feel like I’m completely out of my depth. ChatGPT and other ai tools have helped me bridge a knowledge gap but nowhere enough to call myself an “expert” on running my own business/startup. Anyway if you’re interested shoot me a DM maybe we can help each other out somehow .