🆕 The Part Time Creator Manifesto
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There's a lot of "quit your job, indie hack your way to freedom" on social media.
I like my job. But I want to make too. There has to be a middle way.
Quick thread 👇
swyx.io/part-time-crea…
There's a lot of "quit your job, indie hack your way to freedom" on social media.
I like my job. But I want to make too. There has to be a middle way.
Quick thread 👇
Creation is about more than just money.
It's about self sufficiency. Self actualization. Playing long term games. Collecting optionality.
It's about having a job while not *BEING* your job.
It's about self sufficiency. Self actualization. Playing long term games. Collecting optionality.
It's about having a job while not *BEING* your job.
I don't WANT to go full-time now, but I *could*. And I'm putting in the reps before I need to.
Because I don't derive all my self worth from my employer, I stand a little taller. Dream a little bigger. Negotiate a little harder.
It's a powerful feeling.
Because I don't derive all my self worth from my employer, I stand a little taller. Dream a little bigger. Negotiate a little harder.
It's a powerful feeling.
Creators have one-percenters — fulltime @IndieHackers making >$1m a year.
Realistically, the majority of us will *NEVER* get there. We must make this work with day jobs.
We need to normalize and encourage what @ljin18 calls the Creator Middle Class: li.substack.com/p/building-the…
Realistically, the majority of us will *NEVER* get there. We must make this work with day jobs.
We need to normalize and encourage what @ljin18 calls the Creator Middle Class: li.substack.com/p/building-the…
How to do this?
First, we need to make Part Time Work.
Then, we need to make it cool. Look for ways to make the work inform the side hustle, vice versa.
Read on for more suggestions, examples, and nuance! swyx.io/part-time-crea…
I'd love your thoughts.
First, we need to make Part Time Work.
Then, we need to make it cool. Look for ways to make the work inform the side hustle, vice versa.
Read on for more suggestions, examples, and nuance! swyx.io/part-time-crea…
I'd love your thoughts.
haha, love this
There's an old saying "When you're asked to join a 🚀 ship, don't ask which seat"
Similarly, you don't *HAVE* to build your own 🚀 if you're already on one
https://twitter.com/davidhoang/status/1371329897247862787
There's an old saying "When you're asked to join a 🚀 ship, don't ask which seat"
Similarly, you don't *HAVE* to build your own 🚀 if you're already on one
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