Greetings All! Is there a section for Beginners on this Forum?
Hello and continue to keep up the Great work!
I was just wondering, I noticed the forum isn't divided by topics but is in chronological order.
Is there a particular section or post you recommend beginners read?
Beginners meaning individuals like me who listen and love the podcast and want to get started but:
- Are not confident to get started on their own
- Do I come up with 20 ideas and try to validate all at once?
- Do I perform some form of idea extraction?
- Is knowing how to code essential or is WordPress knowledge enough?
- How do I build and ship a product?
- Are scared shitless and don't really know where to start but genuinely want to
- Even if he/ she is not a techie and not from a developed country (E.g. USA) but genuinely believes in technology, it's valuable impact and potential to create freedom from a 9 to 5, forever.
Welcome! 👋
I recommend making posts from time to time with specific questions like the ones you're asking here. Lots of other people are lurking with similar questions. For example, try making a thread called, "How do I come up with an idea?" and share some of your progress, goals, and roadblocks there. I'll be happy to hop in with some thoughts, too.
Also, consider introducing yourself to everyone!
Thank you for responding. I'm a big fan of the Indie Hackers team and how you all are inspiring Entrepreneurs across the globe (I'm from the Caribbean).
Keep on Shining. Keep on doing Great work. Keep on Inspiring.
I usually follow this process :-
You don't have to be scared. You don't have to spend anything, risk anything, gamble anything. You don't have to be an expert in anything. Just try to find ways to help others as a fair exchange for income.
If you need any guidance getting started or to find an idea, I'd be happy to help.
Thank you so much Helen, I wish for you a successful 2018.
I'm from the Caribbean and a non-coder but I genuinely believe in the power of technology to solve real problems that a market is willing to pay for.
I must admit, as an INTP (introverted personality), entrepreneurship scares and excites me. I tend to have a few ideas, but none I'm really passionate about or that solves a serious problem.
You can build things that fit your personality. I'm INTJ and non-US, your personality type or location shouldn't stop you either. Those things are advantages.
If you start something super small, just over a weekend - you don't have to be super passionate about it forever. Just enough to learn from it! Then as your confidence grows your projects can get bigger over time.
Start with one very simple problem that you can solve for yourself. Don't worry about it making money or being a viable business. Just find one small thing that you can solve with code and learn enough coding to solve the problem.
You can find a tutorial online to teach you whatever basics you need. Since it sounds like you're already familiar with WordPress, maybe you can start with a simple WP plugin or just making a custom theme for your own website.
Ship that one small thing (even if it's just to yourself) and you'll find confidence. The resources you need are there, and you'll find what you need once you have real challenges to overcome.
Thank you so much for your response.
My first thought was, isn't the WordPress theme and plugin market saturated, lol. I'm not much of a Developer (YouTube taught me how to build a website using WordPress). There's no way a beginner can compete against these literal Experts.
My second thought was...what if I could? Wouldn't that be something else...I'd have to learn from scratch and it might not pay off, but who knows, experience and all...
My third thought, can someone build a recurring revenue business using WordPress? What problem could I really solve?
What I meant was this: don't worry about making money right now. First you want to learn a little coding and also decide if coding is something that you enjoy and want to continue.
So don't worry about competition when you start. You can just make something small to learn and build confidence.
And yes, lots of people make a living from WordPress plugins and themes. Some of them have been interviewed on this site. Do your research.
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This is so wise. I genuinely genuinely want to give back one day.
Thank you for your kind words.
Regards