| Just a thought but for your first project, why not outsource it? You've done it before! Especially as you see yourself as a product manager type role. It would certainly be more enjoyable than tearing your hair out learning to improve your code with one eye on the calendar. Get a job asap, maybe two. Earn whatever you can and invest it in getting your idea built by someone who can code efficiently and quickly. Now THAT would be good time management. Your $'s will push the project forward more than fraught hours spent perfecting your coding skills. Also by investing your money like this it will make you look at your potential ideas in a far more critical way. It makes you put money where your mouth is. At the end of the 3.5 months you could have your first app launched (very short timeline for you to do the same yourself) You could even have your $2000 saved ready for rent,bills as backup etc. If your app/software takes off and you have some income from it and more ideas, that's the time you can move away from your normal jobs and learn to code. If the app doesn't take off in the short timescale, you already have a job to carry you through. It makes more sense to move away from employment if it is a success instead of scrabbling to find work once you run out of time. Aim for the best case scenario, prepare for the worst. :) |