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The problem is a lack of capital. So you get a job to secure the capital needed to venture out and then you get too comfortable and too afraid to risk that.
This is a big issue for me or and the thing is called "Social Security". If I quit my job now, and it's even below 6 figures, Government will come asking to provide either a proof of income or a proof of wealth. If I cannot bring those, I am forced to leave the country and have to move back to a place designed to make entrepreneurship as difficult as possible. What should I do in this situation?
@@Tombi432 If you are a software entrepreneur, you are not limited by geo location. There is plenty of ideas from digital nomads. Granted there is more entrepreneurship opportunities if you are based in the U.S.
As a note of soberness, quitting job to pursue enterpreneureship may be viable for only those people who are supported by people who can fund them or people who don't need to count on their 9 to 5 jobs to support their family and have some savings left in their bank account. And I'd also like to remind you of the cost of building a product, marketing it against established competitors, and probably employing people or service as a minimum. Then there is no guarantee of success despite all your investments and efforts. I'm not intending to be negative or discouraging deliberately or to undermine the credibility of this video which is pretty good in its own right. I just want to bring to the attention of people who happen to be watching this video the possible risks of going all out recklessly for something that is highly costly and adventurous in nature. Thank you for your time and patience.
This video has opened my eyes to the path I have chosen to become a software engineer. I'm already doing things besides this that can classify me as an entrepreneur, but I never expected it this way. I'll do my best with this. Great video and motivation from this!
I normally don't leave comments on anything, but I think I came across this video at the perfect time in my career. I've always known I wanted to go down the entrepreneurial path eventually but never took any action. I wasted a few years in my current role as an SDE because I got too comfortable, which put me in a rut. However, just recently I started to pull my socks up and really tried to pursue the path of becoming an 'Indie Hacker,' so this video really resonated with me. Not sure why I suddenly got the urge to journal it up in your comments, but thanks for the great content!
I did a MSc in math and have been stuck in my parents basement looking for a job in data science/ML for 2.5 years now. It's all a bunch of bs, I'm getting into freelancing now cause I'm desperate to move out, but having your own business is the only thing worth doing
First of all look for a data analyst jobs unless you have internship you are not landing no machine learning or data engineering role realistically. Even landing a data administrator role or a software engineer or backend role will be easier to land then transition to a ML role
@@kingdomVI already tried all that, spent all last year going after data analyst jobs. The only interviews I've ever had were for ML roles, so I don't see why I would do anything else. The real problem is that there are no jobs in Canada. Fuck Canada
Same question I asked to myself every day.I m a engineer and working for non technical ceos who raised fund from market and every month end came to office to gave repeated motivational speech😢 and what m doing here😢
Hey, man! Beautiful information. This is exactly what I was looking for. I thought being a developer was all about knowing all the languages and tools like nobody else, competing with people with more experience than me, and jumping from job to job endlessly. Thank God not every developer has this mindset. Less competition for me and for the people lucky enough to have found your channel. I know you're already a successful entrepreneur and answering questions isn't exactly profitable but... is there any way we can ask you questions? If it is possible. What would be the best way to do so? Thanks!
Ive been building with JavaScript for 2 years and can't even get my first job not sure I could even do this if no business will even take a chance on me . Your lucky because you already have experience talking to investors and Job experience everyone doesn't have those things.
You cannot find a job not because of a "skill" issue but rather a marketing issue. From my POV, most individuals who are struggling with finding a job struggle with properly displaying their capabilities. Stay tuned for the upcoming video on monday, it will help you out.
First of all, I am also trying to become successful by building a Crypto Trading Bot (already 10 months in), but I really disagree with how easy and perfect you describe it. I am in favor of motivating others to go the same way as me or you, but its not that easy and a normal job isnt bad, it can provide security and stability. Because it's that easy, there is so much competition with the same skills and tools. Many other jobs teach you the same skills, and you can't compare software engineers with others. Then you won't compete against others, just against software engineers, and those have the same skills and tools you have. So, theoretically, software engineers have an advantage compared to others, but we compete against other software engineers with the same benefits. So, it's not easier; in fact, it's even harder because of that.
Hi Marvin, Appreciate the feedback. I have to disagree-you can definitely compare software engineers with others. Look at your own story as a perfect example. You used your skills as a software engineer and your interest in crypto to create a product. This product needs not just technical skills, but also a good understanding of cryptocurrency, which I'm guessing you learned over time. Just like you went into crypto, I started in e-commerce and ventured into other things, and others will go into different areas. Yes, they will face competition, but they have an advantage with the technical skills and other useful skills that come from being a software engineer. And by no means is it "easy" - easy/hard is extremely relative, hence why I do not like using these terms. The journey is simple, but just like anything worth having, it's an uphill battle.
@@Bgo_J Thanks for the reponse. I agree, it's worth the hustle, BUT (that's my critique about your video) you compare software engineers with others. Yes, you can do that, but when a SE tries to get into anything other than Software, he needs to learn it again from scratch. If you compare others trying to get into Software vs SE, then SE will definitely have an advantage because he already has the skill. But one can't compare others vs SE when talking about getting successful in Software. You don't have to compete against non-SEs; you have to compete against many other SEs around the world because we compete on the Internet, not locally. When I started my trading bot, I had to first build the same trading bot as everyone before me and then specialize it. I had to put more time into it so it could compete against all the other bots out there. It's worth the hustle but also really difficult, and one really needs to be sure they want to go this way; otherwise, it will make them unhappy. It's not for everyone and not for every SE. If every SE built their own business, we wouldn't have big tech companies like Facebook or Amazon, where dozens of people work 9 to 5.
Initially I thought it's a cringe video, but afterwards it added more value and inspiration, thank you and who knows, maybe I'll take the leap one day soon ;)
I’m currently a web developer now trying to polish my skills and get a job for professional experience What’s your advice for me? And can I send in my GitHub and Portfolio through mail? Thanks!
Nice video. I am SWE with 3 years of experience. I have a question. What makes you be as a SWE for 7 years not start to be entrepreneur little bit earlier? Thanks
Man, I couldn't agree more with you. As a 3rd year compsci student, I can definitely tell that this field of work teaches you most of the things you need to build a successful business. We're really used to work as a team, lead that team in the proper way and solve (particularly) hard problems; just as you said in the video. I grew up in an environment where entrepeneurship was simply regarded as "an extremely lucky proposal"; nobody around me wanted to take any risk, not even if it implied staking a single dollar. But now, after watching you and attending a few speeches by other entrepeneurs along this year, I can finally see that there is hope, and that it's not just a trip that depends 101% on luck. Thank you for inspiring us, and giving such a great example. Wish you the best 🫡🫡
Appreciate the kind words Jose, stay tuned for more. You came to the correct conclusion - it doesn't depend 101% on luck. Luck is a factor in everything, but "Luck" simply means probability, and probability you can control by the number of actions you take.
360 / 5,000 Thank you very much for the video, your content is very good. One day could you talk about how mid-levels and seniors developers can improve? Is it just documentation and practice? I have 18 months of experience and I feel that courses no longer help, as they are usually introductory. Should I just keep practicing and reading documentation? How can a dev improve after being in the field?
Great question - check out this video and let me know your thoughts: th-cam.com/video/x5icDQFJ504/w-d-xo.html My general advice to senior developers is to focus less time on coding (not saying you completely ignore it, just don't make it your #1 priority) and more on other high-leverage skills (project management, business acumen, communication skills, etc...)
Hey man such a good advice, I'm learning CS fundamentals and almost turn 30 in few months. Do you recommend me to trying to get a job ( maybe just in a short time ) after build some of my own project? Is the experience to work as an company employee also important so we can follow my own business later?
Hi Tristan, Experience is a great teacher, so getting some job experience at an established company won't hurt, as long as you have an exit strategy. I'd be hypocritical if I said don't get job experience, because that's what I did too. The difference is, I always saw those jobs as a way to grow and learn, and I made sure not to rely solely on a 9-5 for my well-being and future. They were simply shortcuts on my path that I took (just as you are expendable to a company, a company should be just as expendable to you). The second you get pigeonholed into a job is when things take a wrong turn.
@@Bgo_J That's exactly the kind of path I want to follow. Thank you for enlightening me. Thank you to the TH-cam algorithm for recommending your channel, I feel so lucky. Extremely admire you, my friend. Hopefully one day I can come back and tell you that I made it.
Your first jump to e-commerce got me thinking… There’s two paths I see: design a product or resell a product. The former is immensely more difficult and requires domain knowledge or others with this knowledge. The latter sounds like drop shipping which I feel has very little merit/respect/potential to differentiate. Can you go more in-depth on which of these you took? for someone to give up a stable paycheque without this fundamental knowledge isn’t just taking a risk, but is likely to result in failure. I appreciate how you make it a point to say “master your skills”. I agree 100%. To the junior and intermediate engineers out there (even senior), focus on mastering your craft and growing. You have to grind, stay curious and make yourself stand out. Once you’ve mastered your domain, you’ll have the ability and networking to apply your skills to other areas.
Thanks a lot, Bgo. Never saw a person who has the same thoughts as I do. Here is my story. First of all, I'm not as experienced as you are in job wise but I'm confident with my development thinking skills. (Well Zuckerberg didn't have it too right.) It's been a while since I tried to explain the same details as you to others but sadly no one took the point. Sadly, There are so many people who are stopping me when following this path, including my parents. For me, it's so much frustrating and huge mental stress. But for this last, I decided "F all", I'm gonna try it anyway. In my Image, I have nothing to lose. So I'm working on my web development agency startup with the mind of a few products to launch ( Yes 1 step at a time, ATM). Very much I'm very proud of my process and a bit disappointed because there are not many many people who are standing with me. Anyway gonna do it. Please keep up the good work. For me, your content is like mentoring. Cheers... For this comment, I'm gonna be a kinda ghost. But in reality, I'm not :), or Will not :)
The problem is a lack of capital. So you get a job to secure the capital needed to venture out and then you get too comfortable and too afraid to risk that.
This is a big issue for me or and the thing is called "Social Security". If I quit my job now, and it's even below 6 figures, Government will come asking to provide either a proof of income or a proof of wealth. If I cannot bring those, I am forced to leave the country and have to move back to a place designed to make entrepreneurship as difficult as possible. What should I do in this situation?
@@Tombi432 If you are a software entrepreneur, you are not limited by geo location. There is plenty of ideas from digital nomads. Granted there is more entrepreneurship opportunities if you are based in the U.S.
@@ziwer1developing countries needs your skills
Capital for what?
As a note of soberness, quitting job to pursue enterpreneureship may be viable for only those people who are supported by people who can fund them or people who don't need to count on their 9 to 5 jobs to support their family and have some savings left in their bank account. And I'd also like to remind you of the cost of building a product, marketing it against established competitors, and probably employing people or service as a minimum. Then there is no guarantee of success despite all your investments and efforts. I'm not intending to be negative or discouraging deliberately or to undermine the credibility of this video which is pretty good in its own right. I just want to bring to the attention of people who happen to be watching this video the possible risks of going all out recklessly for something that is highly costly and adventurous in nature. Thank you for your time and patience.
This video has opened my eyes to the path I have chosen to become a software engineer. I'm already doing things besides this that can classify me as an entrepreneur, but I never expected it this way. I'll do my best with this. Great video and motivation from this!
I normally don't leave comments on anything, but I think I came across this video at the perfect time in my career. I've always known I wanted to go down the entrepreneurial path eventually but never took any action. I wasted a few years in my current role as an SDE because I got too comfortable, which put me in a rut. However, just recently I started to pull my socks up and really tried to pursue the path of becoming an 'Indie Hacker,' so this video really resonated with me. Not sure why I suddenly got the urge to journal it up in your comments, but thanks for the great content!
Would love to hop on a call with you and pick your brain. Currently on the journey, and your content resonates a so much with me!
Shoot me an email we can talk about it!
@@Bgo_J I appreciate the reply, just sent you an email!
I did a MSc in math and have been stuck in my parents basement looking for a job in data science/ML for 2.5 years now. It's all a bunch of bs, I'm getting into freelancing now cause I'm desperate to move out, but having your own business is the only thing worth doing
First of all look for a data analyst jobs unless you have internship you are not landing no machine learning or data engineering role realistically. Even landing a data administrator role or a software engineer or backend role will be easier to land then transition to a ML role
@@kingdomVI already tried all that, spent all last year going after data analyst jobs. The only interviews I've ever had were for ML roles, so I don't see why I would do anything else. The real problem is that there are no jobs in Canada. Fuck Canada
@@kingdomVI I've applied to all kinds of jobs and ML roles were the only jobs I've ever gotten interviews for. What are you going on about
@@DarkRaviForDeath did not notice you are not a programmer, your degree is in math you should prob apply to accounting, economist, statistician etc.
@@kingdomVISay that to all other STEM people trying to get into software because of high salaries. Math still has a lot to do with Computer Science.
Seriously bro, I have got one of the best advice/suggestion till now. Really showed my path.
Same question I asked to myself every day.I m a engineer and working for non technical ceos who raised fund from market and every month end came to office to gave repeated motivational speech😢 and what m doing here😢
Hey, man! Beautiful information. This is exactly what I was looking for. I thought being a developer was all about knowing all the languages and tools like nobody else, competing with people with more experience than me, and jumping from job to job endlessly. Thank God not every developer has this mindset. Less competition for me and for the people lucky enough to have found your channel. I know you're already a successful entrepreneur and answering questions isn't exactly profitable but... is there any way we can ask you questions? If it is possible. What would be the best way to do so? Thanks!
Ive been building with JavaScript for 2 years and can't even get my first job not sure I could even do this if no business will even take a chance on me . Your lucky because you already have experience talking to investors and Job experience everyone doesn't have those things.
You cannot find a job not because of a "skill" issue but rather a marketing issue.
From my POV, most individuals who are struggling with finding a job struggle with properly displaying their capabilities.
Stay tuned for the upcoming video on monday, it will help you out.
Then focus less on coding and more on getting some kind of job or starting a business.
Your videos make me less fearful of codes
That uncertainty that things could go wrong. ** CrowdStrike left the room **
First of all, I am also trying to become successful by building a Crypto Trading Bot (already 10 months in), but I really disagree with how easy and perfect you describe it.
I am in favor of motivating others to go the same way as me or you, but its not that easy and a normal job isnt bad, it can provide security and stability.
Because it's that easy, there is so much competition with the same skills and tools.
Many other jobs teach you the same skills, and you can't compare software engineers with others. Then you won't compete against others, just against software engineers, and those have the same skills and tools you have. So, theoretically, software engineers have an advantage compared to others, but we compete against other software engineers with the same benefits. So, it's not easier; in fact, it's even harder because of that.
Hi Marvin,
Appreciate the feedback.
I have to disagree-you can definitely compare software engineers with others. Look at your own story as a perfect example. You used your skills as a software engineer and your interest in crypto to create a product. This product needs not just technical skills, but also a good understanding of cryptocurrency, which I'm guessing you learned over time. Just like you went into crypto, I started in e-commerce and ventured into other things, and others will go into different areas. Yes, they will face competition, but they have an advantage with the technical skills and other useful skills that come from being a software engineer.
And by no means is it "easy" - easy/hard is extremely relative, hence why I do not like using these terms. The journey is simple, but just like anything worth having, it's an uphill battle.
@@Bgo_J Thanks for the reponse.
I agree, it's worth the hustle, BUT (that's my critique about your video) you compare software engineers with others. Yes, you can do that, but when a SE tries to get into anything other than Software, he needs to learn it again from scratch. If you compare others trying to get into Software vs SE, then SE will definitely have an advantage because he already has the skill.
But one can't compare others vs SE when talking about getting successful in Software. You don't have to compete against non-SEs; you have to compete against many other SEs around the world because we compete on the Internet, not locally.
When I started my trading bot, I had to first build the same trading bot as everyone before me and then specialize it. I had to put more time into it so it could compete against all the other bots out there.
It's worth the hustle but also really difficult, and one really needs to be sure they want to go this way; otherwise, it will make them unhappy. It's not for everyone and not for every SE.
If every SE built their own business, we wouldn't have big tech companies like Facebook or Amazon, where dozens of people work 9 to 5.
Initially I thought it's a cringe video, but afterwards it added more value and inspiration, thank you and who knows, maybe I'll take the leap one day soon ;)
I’m currently a web developer now trying to polish my skills and get a job for professional experience
What’s your advice for me?
And can I send in my GitHub and Portfolio through mail?
Thanks!
Would be very helpful if you elaborate how to reach out to client through online
th-cam.com/video/8eBUZWtyN7A/w-d-xo.html&t
Nice video. I am SWE with 3 years of experience. I have a question.
What makes you be as a SWE for 7 years not start to be entrepreneur little bit earlier?
Thanks
thank you !
But the thumbnail looks like a Latin American telenovela poster lol
You need guy or girl that has sales skills and loves to network. You need an industry to target. Without those things your dead in water.
A good software engineer is good at marketing.
Ins-f*cking-piring
Man, I couldn't agree more with you. As a 3rd year compsci student, I can definitely tell that this field of work teaches you most of the things you need to build a successful business. We're really used to work as a team, lead that team in the proper way and solve (particularly) hard problems; just as you said in the video.
I grew up in an environment where entrepeneurship was simply regarded as "an extremely lucky proposal"; nobody around me wanted to take any risk, not even if it implied staking a single dollar. But now, after watching you and attending a few speeches by other entrepeneurs along this year, I can finally see that there is hope, and that it's not just a trip that depends 101% on luck.
Thank you for inspiring us, and giving such a great example.
Wish you the best 🫡🫡
Appreciate the kind words Jose, stay tuned for more. You came to the correct conclusion - it doesn't depend 101% on luck. Luck is a factor in everything, but "Luck" simply means probability, and probability you can control by the number of actions you take.
I love this
360 / 5,000
Thank you very much for the video, your content is very good. One day could you talk about how mid-levels and seniors developers can improve? Is it just documentation and practice? I have 18 months of experience and I feel that courses no longer help, as they are usually introductory. Should I just keep practicing and reading documentation? How can a dev improve after being in the field?
Great question - check out this video and let me know your thoughts: th-cam.com/video/x5icDQFJ504/w-d-xo.html
My general advice to senior developers is to focus less time on coding (not saying you completely ignore it, just don't make it your #1 priority) and more on other high-leverage skills (project management, business acumen, communication skills, etc...)
Hey man such a good advice, I'm learning CS fundamentals and almost turn 30 in few months. Do you recommend me to trying to get a job ( maybe just in a short time ) after build some of my own project? Is the experience to work as an company employee also important so we can follow my own business later?
Hi Tristan,
Experience is a great teacher, so getting some job experience at an established company won't hurt, as long as you have an exit strategy. I'd be hypocritical if I said don't get job experience, because that's what I did too. The difference is, I always saw those jobs as a way to grow and learn, and I made sure not to rely solely on a 9-5 for my well-being and future. They were simply shortcuts on my path that I took (just as you are expendable to a company, a company should be just as expendable to you). The second you get pigeonholed into a job is when things take a wrong turn.
@@Bgo_J That's exactly the kind of path I want to follow. Thank you for enlightening me. Thank you to the TH-cam algorithm for recommending your channel, I feel so lucky. Extremely admire you, my friend. Hopefully one day I can come back and tell you that I made it.
Your first jump to e-commerce got me thinking…
There’s two paths I see: design a product or resell a product. The former is immensely more difficult and requires domain knowledge or others with this knowledge. The latter sounds like drop shipping which I feel has very little merit/respect/potential to differentiate.
Can you go more in-depth on which of these you took? for someone to give up a stable paycheque without this fundamental knowledge isn’t just taking a risk, but is likely to result in failure.
I appreciate how you make it a point to say “master your skills”. I agree 100%. To the junior and intermediate engineers out there (even senior), focus on mastering your craft and growing. You have to grind, stay curious and make yourself stand out. Once you’ve mastered your domain, you’ll have the ability and networking to apply your skills to other areas.
Thanks a lot, Bgo. Never saw a person who has the same thoughts as I do.
Here is my story.
First of all, I'm not as experienced as you are in job wise but I'm confident with my development thinking skills. (Well Zuckerberg didn't have it too right.)
It's been a while since I tried to explain the same details as you to others but sadly no one took the point. Sadly, There are so many people who are stopping me when following this path, including my parents. For me, it's so much frustrating and huge mental stress. But for this last, I decided "F all", I'm gonna try it anyway. In my Image, I have nothing to lose. So I'm working on my web development agency startup with the mind of a few products to launch ( Yes 1 step at a time, ATM). Very much I'm very proud of my process and a bit disappointed because there are not many many people who are standing with me.
Anyway gonna do it. Please keep up the good work. For me, your content is like mentoring. Cheers...
For this comment, I'm gonna be a kinda ghost. But in reality, I'm not :), or Will not :)
Dude, I can’t believe you don’t have millions of subs! Great content.