- started with little money, savings etc - didn't have any well-know mentor or relative that boosted them - didn't have some kind of revolutionary idea, physics, biology and so on, but actually some kind of doable product, a game, something
I personally am on this kind of path, and though I was always able to somehow learn and make it, and I trust it might work out, I notice how hard the entire thing actually is. It makes me realize that it's impossible all the success stories out there are actually real
I'm curious if anyone here has something of their own they can share or someone they know that "made it"? I work better when motivated so I'm actually curious haha
Nair0•1h ago
Some time ago I started seeing people bragging about how they made millions after starting their own thing. I knew that is probably not real, or at least not common, but I live in a country with smaller cost of living so for me even something like 1k a month would be enough to get by, I thought at least that might be more realistic.
Around 5 months ago I got fed up with my job. I was depressed and burnt out, felt stuck and as if I made no progress in a while. So I decided to give it a try. Worked on my own thing for a couple of months, decided I can't keep doing both so quit my job with about 2 years worth of savings and started working solo.
Currently nothing is actually making me money, and I'm getting a bit tired, but I still feel so much better than I was at my old job. I'm here asking this because it feels like people here are a lot more 'genuine' and might actually give better advice or more honest stories, so I'm curious
marekful•1h ago
Nair0•46m ago
But I do agree that it's much easier to get rich by being corrupt and stealing, the shortest path is and will always be by cheating.
That being said, there are plenty of counter examples out there, of people that built stuff out of love and reached financial freedom, not billions of dollars, but enough to buy a home and live with their family, by doing innocent stuff. I'm thinking about indie games, or small shops, learning apps, healthcare focused apps. Do you get an advantage by lying and marketing the "wrong" people? Sure. Do you have to do it to actually succeed? I don't think so
But I do not disagree with you completely, I think this is just a black and white vision when in the real world there are just many shades of gray. You will never be a completely innocent person and you will never be a completely evil person, it is just impossible.