What exactly would you do? Even outrageous opinions are welcomed!
Ladies and Gents,
I'm at a crossroads and I need some fresh perspective.
Recently, I started falling down the rabbit hole of becoming a coder. Ruby/Rails to be exact. Now, I'm enough of a realist to realize that with due diligence I might feel confident in the burgeoning skill set in a year or so.
With that being said, here's my dilemma:
-Do I wait until my coding skills are 100% up to snuff and realize my own ideas by wearing every hat? Or,
-Do I try like mad to partner up with a highly technical co-founder, potentially revenue-split and share the hats?
I've ran a business by myself before, so I understand 80+ hours weeks on end.
What would you do and why?
Thanks!
What do you want? Like what do you actually want? Do you want to just start a business? Do you want to learn to code? Do you want to just make money?
Without knowing your goals, most advice is not going to hit home.
I think you will never regret getting more technical skills. But you need to figure out what you actually want.
@joshdance I'm 100% on the fence with it. I'm very cool with waiting to flesh out some ideas until I can code them myself. That being said, I also realize that (a) small groups of smart people is what takes development to highest possible level and (b) there very well might be a development 'soulmate' if you will, whose skill set is complimentary to the one I currently have. In that case, I'd be completely cool with working with a technical partner.
It takes so many hats to run a business, that I'm fine with not wearing all of them (been there and done that, twice!). It isn't about the money. Sure, if I can live off of what I'm passionate about, why not? It's more for the sense of accomplishment: working on something that I've got a passion for and bringing it all the way to fruition + hopefully helping some people in the process. That will add a lot of meaning to my life and meaning is truly what I'm after, at the end of the day.
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work on your own project and improve your coding skills if you partner up and
you are not it won't help the joint venture
If you're feeling patient and able to make money in another way, I think it's worthwhile pursuing something on your own. Even if your product sucks at first (except to a small population), that just means there's space to grow yourself as you grow the product.
Even if you fail after a few months or a year, you'll get a lot out of the experience and it'll be much easier to find a partner for the next thing.
If time is a concern and you want to be profitable in a year or two... maybe consider bringing on a partner. There are a lot of exceptions to this, of course!
@mattkandler Thank you for the generous advice! I will indeed take it to heart.
Partner. One of the sometimes overlooked validation of an idea is that you can convince someone to join you to realize it or not.
Thank you🙏
Something to consider, work for another company to learn more, acquire knowledge basically and get paid, that will really help you in your journey.
Thank you. Yep, I did that with and came out the other end a relational database developer, so I can attest to the fact that this works.
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@Reboot2dot0 Many thanks, Aaron! 🙏