[asebold]

Author here - Thanks for reading. The $1k/mo is just my "salary" from revenue generated by my indie projects. I had a substantial amount of savings that I lived off of for my first year. Since then, I've supported myself with contract work. I'm also very lucky that my partner is very supportive and has a good job, so at times (such as last year when I was launching my latest SaaS), he picked up our shared expenses.

[steve1977]

> Since then, I‘ve supported myself with contract work

So „jumping into indie hacking full time“ is actually a bit misleading, no?

[asebold]

My first year I lived entirely off of my savings and dedicated myself full time to my first project. So, it is indeed the anniversary of when I attempted to go full time, which was the sentiment of that sentence. Sorry if that wasn't more clear.

All the contract work I've done was part-time at most, so I also haven't had the comfort and safety of a full-time gig during this time period. My projects have been the priority, and I've only done the bare minimum to get by. Which, imo, is still full time "indie hacking", though maybe you disagree.

[moltar]

Hi Allison, thank you for sharing your story. It’s inspiring in during a tough time. Just wondering if you were able to find contracts regularly with ease? If so, how did you do that? Thank you.

[asebold]

Well, it wasn't easy. I tried many things: searching twitter, cold out reach through linkedin, upwork, broadcasting my availability to my personal network. Usually at least one of these would work. If I was more serious about building a consultancy, I would build a pipline for leads. However, my SaaS products have been my main focus, so I continue to rely on the tactics I just mentioned.