How are indie hackers building in public in 2020?
Many founders find that building in public helps them grow from both a personal and business perspective.
As an indie hacker:
- who do you follow that builds in public?
- do you plan to build in public, why?
- what do you feel are the pros and cons?
- what sharing strategies have you seen work best?
Many of the more popular ones, like Pieter Levels (@levelsio) or Robin Vander Heyden (@Vinrob), but one I found particularly inspiring in 2019 was Othmane E. (@EO) with his #shiptherapy.
I have just started: https://roadtomrr.com – because I already built some businesses and always wanted to write about it.
I like that it's a way of holding myself accountable, sharing my learnings, and generating content and exposure.
I haven't seen anything I dislike at this early stage, but I can imagine that it writing will become a burden later in the process when other matters require more attention.
I'll come back to this question in a year and let you know. Looking forward to seeing what others write on this topic.
2/3) Yes. And it's mak·ert·ing @coreygwin said it best:
"Hewlitt Packard had one of the great corporate cultures of the 70s and 80s. When people talk about Silicon Valley at it's best, they're talking about HP. A culture of 'showing your work.'
The HP way included the principle that every night you should leave your work open on your bench for others to see.
Keeping your work a secret isn't the sign of confidence. It isn't the sign of someone in a hurry. It's the sign of having something to hide.
If you can walk around at the end of a shift and look at what the engineers are putting on their desks, you can make it better.
The idea that we can make it better because we can see what you did is critical to forward motion."
— Seth Godin. "Show your work." Akimbo.
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