OhMyGuersh
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Earlier this year I had an idea inspired by the forum and Unscripted by MJ DeMarco. I felt that I didn't have much skills to fall back on and make money, nor any solid business ideas to pursue. So, I decided that I would develop the skills of full stack web development and build a website that aimed to help students at my school find other students who are unable to find a course that they need to register. I saw it as a win win because I would end up with skills that I can use to free lance, use to start a business eventually, as well as provide value to others for free.
It took me about 4 months of learning and coding (while working full-time) in my spare time to build and launch the website. The website is up and I has about 80 users who can search for jobs and find other students who want to open up a course section that filled up and they can't register for it. If enough students need a course section (10 or more), then the school has to open up a new section.
3 months have passed since release, and I'm starting to want to quit. The more effort I put into adding new features. The more I wonder if I'm wasting my time. I'm still yet to make a strong marketing effort because there are only those two features. The goal was to add resume analysis and then begin marketing in conjunction with my schools student government. One thing to keep in mind is there really is no set plans of where this project is heading and how to monetize it.
Also, over the past few months 4 other people and I (2 developers 2 business side) started developing a website that I feel has more potential. We just launched this week and will begin marketing and pushing this project even more in the future. Part of me wants to quit working on the first site I built. Any thoughts on what I should do?
It took me about 4 months of learning and coding (while working full-time) in my spare time to build and launch the website. The website is up and I has about 80 users who can search for jobs and find other students who want to open up a course section that filled up and they can't register for it. If enough students need a course section (10 or more), then the school has to open up a new section.
3 months have passed since release, and I'm starting to want to quit. The more effort I put into adding new features. The more I wonder if I'm wasting my time. I'm still yet to make a strong marketing effort because there are only those two features. The goal was to add resume analysis and then begin marketing in conjunction with my schools student government. One thing to keep in mind is there really is no set plans of where this project is heading and how to monetize it.
Also, over the past few months 4 other people and I (2 developers 2 business side) started developing a website that I feel has more potential. We just launched this week and will begin marketing and pushing this project even more in the future. Part of me wants to quit working on the first site I built. Any thoughts on what I should do?
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