[gamechangr]

I have a friend who took a job at a waiter at TGI Fridays and averaged $20 hr. He did that for 18 months part time and ended up raising a $11 Million seed round during that time.

According to him, he worked "20 hrs a week at TGI Fridays and 70 hours a week on my site".

He had the chance to work for another startup and he said he tried it as a contractor and it was the biggest mistake he ever made.

According to him - "getting away from working online is what made my ideas flourish. You have to take a break and get out in the world and somehow those little moments good ideas just start to happen".

That's one guys opinion - but he's a great guy that a great friend.

[jonathanmv]

This is an amazing story. The comments from your friend seem to me very reasonable. Right now I'm volunteering at a surf shop in Portugal that covers a place to sleep and breakfast. Do i have had time to work on my ideas but I'm not generating any income. I'll keep in mind your friend's experience when tried to work as a contractor for a startup.

Thanks for sharing this story

[jstewartmobile]

I'll second this. If you do brain work to pay the bills, there probably won't be enough left for your own project.

I believe there was some studio guy who once made the same observation about musicians: the ones who had low-mental-effort day-jobs eventually made it. The rest backslid into white-collar wage-slavery.

[jonathanmv]

Those are interesting cases. Definitively the will power works as a muscle and has limited resources. Thanks for your comment