Ask HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be
No feedback, no one to bounce ideas off, no “nice job” at the end of the day. The freedom is great, but it gets weirdly quiet.
Anyone else relate?
No feedback, no one to bounce ideas off, no “nice job” at the end of the day. The freedom is great, but it gets weirdly quiet.
Anyone else relate?
I ask myself what am I going to do to compensate once I am done building the current project.
And when am I going to be finished, or at least hit a worthwhile milestone?
There really should be some celebration due, and it most likely is going to be with people who have no understanding of what you are doing so often on your own.
It's not the manstream but it is actually normal if you're an individual craftsman.
At one time some of the most high-tech were called "watchmakers" :)
I would rather hear that from a paying customer than my cofounder. If you do that, you might endup drinking the cool-aid.
don't work (too much) from home. find your crowd at a coworking space imho.