I switch full time to Owl Duty
by theredfishFirst of all, Happy New Year everyone!
In november 7, 2022, I published "Would you quit your day job and go all out for your project?" *(1). I managed to get 16 votes and several comments from indie hackers sharing their thoughts (see linked post below). All these answers helped me to take a final decision: to pause my freelance activity (gross income of ~ $110k/year) and switch full time to Owl Duty and the development of my open source library Grillon (see my first product page post). Thank you all!
I will have financial support from my life partner plus some extra savings I have made for this time. This will allow me to focus on Owl Duty, open-source, and many other personal projects. I also applied for the Github Accelerator program for Grillon, who knows? If you're interested: https://accelerator.github.com/
So far so good, I really enjoy spending my time to meaningful projects and working for myself. I finally have more time (ironically), a better work/life balance as I learn a ton of new interesting topics from frontend to backend to marketing.
I have always made strong decisions, sometimes resulting in a lot of stress, but I realized that's how you evolve quickly in your life/career/projects and even personally. I started as an employee, then as a freelancer and now I want to build my first SaaS (full-time).
I'm not only working on Owl Duty. I have side projects : I'm also developing a video game, thinking about another SaaS, setting up an high pressure aeroponics system, ... while doing house renovations. That's how I'm wired, I need all these projects and testing new things. Will I have enough funds? Well... I'll find a way, I'm sure. Otherwise? That's a ton of experience in my life and to put on my resume before I try again :) .
So now if someone asks me "Would you quit your day job and go all out for your project?", the answer is definitely yes. Not without preparation, but yes. Please subscribe to https://owlduty.com, there is a newsletter and I will be sending the very first email soon!
See you!
