Thread by @KevinHicksSW

I'm going to be officially starting my journey to #buildinpublic. I'll be writing about my freelancing and transitioning to products and teaching. Here is why I want to build in public:

1. Motivation

I have found talking to others about their building in public is really encouraging. Starting to talk about my ideas has motivated me in a way I didn't expect. I used to fear talking about my work; now I'm excited to

2. Community

With just getting started I have made some great friends and got involved in an amazing group. I want to continue to make new friends and expand my network to others who share my interest and who I may be able to help

3. Teaching

Hopefully, my content will help at least one person. If not it will at least help me and make me more thoughtful about my decisions. The idea of being able to go back and see what I was thinking will be great for teaching myself

4. Credibility

I was an introvert and made the mistake of networking too late. I have found I really enjoy teaching and mentoring at my day job. I want to do more of this, but don't have the credibility on the internet for people to trust me

5. Focus

I have way too many ideas. Quickly trying out and talking about ideas will help me focus on the ones that will actually help people. I want to make people's lives (mostly devs/freelancers), but I can't do that if I don't know what helps.

6. Money

I have to be honest that I also want to make money. I want to spend more time on building products so I need them to make money so I can stop spending time only freelancing. I can't teach or help people if client work is paying the bills.

Over the next few days I'm going to set something up on my site to track my journey, but will also be #buildinginpublic on here

P.S. These are some of the great people I already met in my journey

@MeetKevon
@KasiaManolas
@meydjer
@thibautbriere
@leifjerami