My first 29 days on Twitter. 161K impressions.

Hey Indie Hackers 👋,

I've joined Twitter in February of 2020, started with 4 followers who are friends of mine. I was in a consumer mode for some time and then did my initial tweet on April 15, 2020, and this tweet with some analytics is 29 days later

I can't add multiple links because of the lack of reputation on IH 😑

Here is a pretty much basic and well-known grow strategy which works fine for me:

• be consistent (at least 2 tweets per day and dozens of interactions with people, which I find interesting for me)
• bring narrow niched value (I tweet about programming, focused on React & TypeScript)
• add value to the tweets of other people (retweets with added value or just replies)

I've used relevant tech hashtags and those for reaching newbies out. I would refuse to use them, but sometimes I feel like tweeting in the void. So I'll keep it for some time.
BTW, I've never used Twitter and this is my very first account and experience.
So here is a question: Why did I make a decision that I need a strong presence there?

[Story]

I'm Max, a self-taught developer who works in the software outsourcing domain for the last 6 years. First 3 years as an employee in a local agency and last 3 as a co-founder at my own agency.

The software outsourcing problem.

Our team (10+ members) are "the coding hands for the startups' heads" (aka clients). Our business is not about creation - it's about implementation. And this is totally fine. There are many small agencies owners who run 3-4 projects, they know the math, get real money, and feel good. But here is a problem - the vast majority of projects you should develop consist of:

0% - idea validation before jump into development
30% - the weak idea
30% - founder has a lack of understanding where to look for the customers and how to market the product
40% - people who make decisions ignore the importance of the 'time to market'
(of course, this is a joke and numbers are random, but you know behind every joke..)

I understand how it works. 9/10 startups fail and it’s very difficult to predict whether you will fail or not. However, seeing everything from the inside, the picture looks different.

And again, this is totally fine for an agency, you do your work, earn your deserve money. But I'm tired of doing the fated to failure work. I'm tired of projects that have been baking for 3 years and no one knows when the heck the release will be. I want to feel belonging to something that benefits people and bring some value.

You can ask me a question: 'If you’re so smart why don’t you try to run your own projects that won't fail?' The answer is simple: I'm not a maker/creator. For 6 years I was completely involved in implementation. I worked 10+ hours a day as a developer, PM, team lead, as an anyone except of maker. My creator's function is atrophied. And I want to fix it.

The only idea, for now, is I want to share my knowledge and change mindset from a programmer to a maker. That's why I started a Twitter account.

This account is not for selling courses, ebooks, webinars, job opportunity searching, etc. I want to reach people out. I want to build an audience that can help with ideas validation. I want to reach out to people with ideas and experience so that my team could be involved as a tech partner and fully take part in processes. And finally, I don't want to take on a project that I can do and get money for it - I want to take on projects that I believe in and be a partner there.

Thanks for reading this mini manifest. If you can suggest any resources on how the programmer could change the mindset to become a maker and what to look for

You can follow me on Twitter if you're interested in my journey.