CareerSoftware Development
#RI-6ac63f92·3 months ago·
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“Making a living from software creation”
What Actually Happened
Spent years building software, yet made little income
What I wish I knew
"How to find problems people will pay to solve"
Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
"Focus on sales, distribution, and customer discovery"
Regret Index
8/10
Clear regret.
The downsides outweighed what was gained.
The downsides outweighed what was gained.
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Career Category
6,107
Career decisions logged. Avg regret 5.7/10 across the category.
Same Outcome Band
44%
of Career decisions land in the severe band the same as this one.
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