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Hi all,
I'm new to the forum. I recently read both FLM and Unscripted cover-to-cover. They became my reference books as far as entrepreneurial philosophy. While most other entrepreneurial books I read so far felt like a compass (at best), MJ's books felt more like a map where you could see where you are, where you could go, along with the major roadblocks you'll find along the way. They also feel very sincere in a way I could totally relate.
My professional background is in hard tech. I implemented complex 3D animation systems, video streaming & transcoding pipelines, audio codecs and networking protocols for some great software companies in California (my main tech stack is C/C++, OpenGL, Docker & AWS in case you're curious). The funny part is that the more specialized you become the further away your skill set gets from that of an entrepreneur. You become great at developing software for someone else but have NO CLUE about what it takes to create a business yourself. The cruelest part of working for someone else is that you are completely limited in terms of what skills you can acquire (you're hired to do one thing, and one thing only). In my view, being an employee of any caliber is just a horrible deal and reading MJ's books served as confirmation, so thanks for that, MJ.
Long story short, I decided to finally put a stop to that and quit my well-paid-yet-totally-unfullfilling software development job and devote myself full time to bootstrapping one of my business ideas while living off of savings. It's too soon for me to say if it has business potential but I feel like it could have a good chance of becoming a legitimate online business given the right execution. Worst case scenario, I will learn many new skills and connect with other like-minded folks, so even in case of failure it would still make for a positive ROI. I'm HAPPY to trade time + savings for just that.
My next immediate milestone is learning how to build auto-scaling website architectures (which is something that's currently not in my software development wheelhouse), so if anyone has recommendations on that I'd be interested in hearing some pointers!
I'm stoked to be here, happy to help other fellow entrepreneurs by answering tech questions or however else I can.
Best,
I'm new to the forum. I recently read both FLM and Unscripted cover-to-cover. They became my reference books as far as entrepreneurial philosophy. While most other entrepreneurial books I read so far felt like a compass (at best), MJ's books felt more like a map where you could see where you are, where you could go, along with the major roadblocks you'll find along the way. They also feel very sincere in a way I could totally relate.
My professional background is in hard tech. I implemented complex 3D animation systems, video streaming & transcoding pipelines, audio codecs and networking protocols for some great software companies in California (my main tech stack is C/C++, OpenGL, Docker & AWS in case you're curious). The funny part is that the more specialized you become the further away your skill set gets from that of an entrepreneur. You become great at developing software for someone else but have NO CLUE about what it takes to create a business yourself. The cruelest part of working for someone else is that you are completely limited in terms of what skills you can acquire (you're hired to do one thing, and one thing only). In my view, being an employee of any caliber is just a horrible deal and reading MJ's books served as confirmation, so thanks for that, MJ.
Long story short, I decided to finally put a stop to that and quit my well-paid-yet-totally-unfullfilling software development job and devote myself full time to bootstrapping one of my business ideas while living off of savings. It's too soon for me to say if it has business potential but I feel like it could have a good chance of becoming a legitimate online business given the right execution. Worst case scenario, I will learn many new skills and connect with other like-minded folks, so even in case of failure it would still make for a positive ROI. I'm HAPPY to trade time + savings for just that.
My next immediate milestone is learning how to build auto-scaling website architectures (which is something that's currently not in my software development wheelhouse), so if anyone has recommendations on that I'd be interested in hearing some pointers!
I'm stoked to be here, happy to help other fellow entrepreneurs by answering tech questions or however else I can.
Best,
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