@b0rk @jacob I think that would be really useful advice...

@b0rk @jacob I think that would be really useful advice - hearing how you spun up a side project first, then later made it a full time gig sounds like a very realistic way of thinking about the problem

Like 20 August at 2:31 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net

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jacoBOOian 👻

@simon @b0rk all this applies to you
too Simon :)

20 August at 2:33 | Open on social.jacobian.org

Simon Willison

@jacob @b0rk yeah, my secret is "sell a startup and earn enough financial runway that you can get away with not making any money for a few years"

20 August at 2:36 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net

jacoBOOian 👻

@simon @b0rk haha well ok not super replicable. Still, if you’re able to “turn the corner” and make what you’re doing sustainable, that would be a pretty rad thing

20 August at 2:41 | Open on social.jacobian.org

Simon Willison

@jacob @b0rk absolutely! And if I do manage to do that I’ll very happily write about how

I’m very inspired by what Filippo Valsorda has been doing https://simonwillison.net/tags/filippo-valsorda/

20 August at 3:34 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net

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