Tangent: are you a former tax lawyer turned dev? What’s your story? I am a sucker for folks that have interesting or non-traditional (CS degree -> sw job) journeys into tech.
I did two years of CS undergrad before switching to Econ and Linguistics. Then went straight to law school like a good boy. I worked 7 years in BigLaw and dabbled on the side with a side project. Didn't do the coding myself but knew enough to work closely with the devs doing the work.
One day I posted on HN [1] and it blew up and became the 9th-most popular Show HN. A few weeks later we were in FastCo and dozens of other news outlets, and a couple months after that we won a startup competition at Stanford.
My wife had a baby at that time, so I decided to do the startup full-time to give it a go and also have more time with the baby and supporting my wife's demanding career. The baby is now eight, and it's been awesome to be so involved in her life.
In terms of coding, I'm able to do minor code tweaks here and there, but all the heavy lifting was done by my technical cofounder and a couple excellent contractors. Our main revenue source is actually IP licensing, so having been a lawyer comes in handy!
One day I posted on HN [1] and it blew up and became the 9th-most popular Show HN. A few weeks later we were in FastCo and dozens of other news outlets, and a couple months after that we won a startup competition at Stanford.
My wife had a baby at that time, so I decided to do the startup full-time to give it a go and also have more time with the baby and supporting my wife's demanding career. The baby is now eight, and it's been awesome to be so involved in her life.
In terms of coding, I'm able to do minor code tweaks here and there, but all the heavy lifting was done by my technical cofounder and a couple excellent contractors. Our main revenue source is actually IP licensing, so having been a lawyer comes in handy!
1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6335784