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So envious of this dude, even though I never want to be an indie developer (I can't even program). He gets to work the way he choses, on something he cares about. I commute to a shitty open office where I write bullshit that my boss approves. I'm sure his life isn't all glamorous, and his success didn't come easily. But still.


He was one of my original inspirations to become an indie developer. Still working on the successful indie developer part.

The grass is always greener -- the nice thing about going in to a shitty office is getting paid. I love the freedom I have right now, but the struggle to make it sustainable is incredibly stressful.

I don't know anything, any more. I don't know whether what I'm making is any good. There's a million ways that it's not as good as what's in my head. I don't know if I should've devoted more time to a different project, etc. etc.


Unfortunately this is the darkside of chasing one's passion.


Take some consulting work? Limit that to a couple of days a week to preserve your time for your own projects?




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