What can a MD do as an indie hacker?
Heeeey, Indiemakers I am Nazli
I am an MD and pediatrician(children's doctor)
I am a total newbie here, I am building an info product: 101 bit-sized tips for newbie parents on Notion.
Today this is the question I ask myself, What can I do as a doctor in this digital community? Is there a term called "indie doctor" :)
You have unique insights into the problems and solutions you and your patients faced and experienced as a pediatrician. You don’t have to build a product related to your previous job, but you have an big advantage making products in that field over people who aren’t.
Oh great, thank you!
You mean, what can a doctor turned hacker-maker do in the indie format?
I wish they had this functionality at Google Search, where you type into the prompt: What shall I work on to be happy and earn decent money?. The digital equivalent of prayer.
But it is not that easy. Only you know yourself: values, purpose, interests, temperament, etc. Code has this singular power that allows building anything you can imagine, in the virtual space. Same with content creation, the sky is the limit. It is not trivial, this process of discovery can take years.
You can start with defining your niche, for example, Parenting children with chronic conditions. Next, find proper fora (you can start on Reddit ) where parents (your future clients) talk about their problems. Get involved. They will guide you.
Wow, great comment, great point of view, great advice, I will try Reddit as soon as possible.
I am not into coding, but I feel the same with content creation!!
Also, "The digital equivalent of prayer"😂 I really liked this phrase.
Nice to meet you and Thank you!
Thanks. I am speaking from experience. We, humans, have become so spoiled by the premise of technology - a great enabler, so we forget computers are just fast calculators and the true source of intelligence is our minds. Nothing will replace a hard deep manual search.
Good Luck! and keep us posted.
Don't think I've heard the term Indie Doctor before!
😄😄 Me neither. I am a new kind.
Hello Nazli,
I would really suggest starting from a point of getting tbe kinda soft but crucial like growth hacking. This way you can confound something with a technical person.
Imagine you bring med+growth hacking etc
Confounder brings the technical
You will be at a position to tackle solutions from many domains including medic
I think this really depends on what your motivation is to become an indie hacker?
Well, I love my profession, I want to work on multidisciplinary problems in my area, innovation. Also, I don't like being a part of the "service industry" all the time. I love being a doctor. But, It does not matter how qualified you are, If you are part of the service sector you have to work on a daily basis.
I understand how that goes, even though we are a SaaS we still have to offer 7 day a week support.
Have you considered just going the traditional entrepreneurship route? You could raise some money from friends, family and your personal bank account and open up your own practice.
I think traditional entrepreneurship gets slept on a lot these days. But there is a lot of room to build something in a traditional way, and still accomplish your goals.
Hello fellow MD ;) I‘m a radiologist but my mom and my gf are paediatricians too. I feel like 99% of indie hackers have a tech or business background, so I’m super glad to see others with a similar background like mine. If you want to chat hit me up. I have an example of a paediatrician that launched a product for parents :)