Dude... awesome! Because:
1. Python/Django is awesome++ 2. Hacker News is the bible. 3. I was in the same boat - worked for a high flying Big 4 audit firm where everyone was great, but there was no fundamental investment in keeping the team technically challenged and continuously learning. 4. Moved to a smaller firm to be technically challenged and learn something new - but found that it wasn't going to be what I'd hoped. Small == great flexibility, but... you do all the work and its tough to motivate yourself to code when you get home at 11pm all the time. 5. Frustrated that my potential was not fully used because people kept telling me that I was too young to take on 'real' responsibilities (what ever those are). So... ... I quit full time work; to work on my own start up and see how far it goes. If it fails, then... pfft. oh well. The worst off I could be is that I get more coding experience. You don't want to be a wannapreneur!!! If you think of something awesome and you are an elite coder - just code away and release to the wild - I'm sure everyone on this list will tell you to "Just do it!" * Or in Paul Graham speak "Make something people want". Peace, sHz P.S. Checked out the site, its NICE! Especially liked the feedback feature :-) * Trademark of the Nike Corporation. On 18/12/2008, at 9:01 PM, Aaron Vernon wrote: > > Hey all, > > My name is Aaron and I am from Melbourne :) > > I found this mailing list and the podcast last night and I am really > excited about getting involved. > Hopefully I will be able to make it to the next Melbourne meet up. > > I am currently working for a startup called Austhink Software. > Soon however I am going to be breaking away and doing some contracting > work and hopefully start up something of my own. > > I am mainly interested and skilled in web 2.0 technologies. I am a big > Django and Flex advocate but I also enjoy working with C#, functional > languages and doing user interface and graphic design. I even worked > as a game developer for a while at Red Tribe and Team Bondi. > > I am sick of business people exploiting skilled developers and > creative people and being under appreciated because I am young. I read > Hacker News religiously to try to calm myself down :P > > > I am the creator of Path of a Hero (http://www.pathofahero.com) a > World of Warcraft based site that allows you to keep a visual blog of > your character and track your rivalries with other players. I built it > using Flex and Django and did all the graphic design myself. It took > me 1.5 months (of after hours work) to take it from concept to > release. It now has over 6000 users and has an average 250 hits per > day. This site has been my first hint of success and is spurring me on > to do more. > > > I have a question for all you experienced entrepreneurs out there: > > So Path of a Hero has some users and traffic however I am not making > any money out of it and I don't think I can easily get the traffic to > a level that will provide significant advertising revenue. > > I am wondering whether I should invest more time in this project to > add the features that people are asking for and possibly provide a > premium type account? It kind of does not feel like there is a strong > business model available and I am thinking of just moving to a new > project where I have actually concentrated on a business model from > the start. Any thoughts? > > > If anyone needs some Django or Flex expertise for some rapid > development I would love to have a chat btw. > > Cheers > > Aaron > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
