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by selmat 3648 days ago
From my previous experiences one man show is very difficult. Especially if you dream big and have high goals (e.g. monetization, startup idea etc.).

I am now trying to involve at least one person to all my side projects. Even for small projects. There is great problem solving attitude - Divide-and-conquer.

If you can split problem to smaller parts , you can involve some other passionate friends who can participate and help you.
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AndreyErmakov 3648 days ago
>> From my previous experiences one man show is very difficult. Especially if you dream big and have high goals (e.g. monetization, startup idea etc.).

It's been my experience as well. Pretty sad to recognize the limits to what you can accomplish alone. Sad but necessary.

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daveinspace 3648 days ago
True, but I think it force us to focus and put limits in time and features.

A solution can be to outsource : hire contractors to make all that is not your core project (ex design, content...).

Yes, as a dev you can do everything, but not with limited ressources (your time and money are precious!)

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selmat 3648 days ago
Especially time is most valuable resource. As you said outsourcing is solution. Almost all areas are so developed that is not in power of one man to be an expert in all of them.

When results are desired and there are deadlines, i cant afford wasting of time with trail-and-error approach for example with gui design. Even its interesting area.

This is also called opportunity cost. Famous footbal player will not cut his lawn even he knows how to do it (besides he dont wanna do it). He focus on more important things. And this important things helps him earn more money and outsource other things. And (sadly) money is root of everything.

After few years i have found out that dealing with issues during side projects increase my value in my proffesional life. I have experiences what can go wrong, where can be possible bottlenecks, which issues are just warnings (almost nobody is interested in) and which one are errors and have impact to business. This helps me a lot to take better jobs and contracts.

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AndreyErmakov 3648 days ago
Sometimes you can't outsource. If it's a small personal project and you can't pay anyone to work for you. It it doesn't smell like a hot startup, nobody's going to be attracted by equity either.
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selmat 3648 days ago
Sure. You are absolutely right. If its personal project for fun or learning and there is no one (except of) you waiting for results then outsourcing has no sense.

I was talking mainly about projects with commercial intentions.

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