| This is an amazing set of icons. I'll make sure I use them and credit you. Your giving this for free reminds me of the biggest problem Freelance artists/developers have : if one's a dev at heart, it's creating that fuels one's achievements. It's the fact that people are using the results. Problem is : how do I keep creating if I can't make a living out of it ? And it's a hard one. I read so many headlines on HN which revolve around "launch a startup!", but never really do more than read them because of one single fact : i'm bloody not, and never will be interested by selling anything, be it cakes, code or my secondhand ipad. I totally suck at marketing cause I totally hate practicing this art (of which i do not doubt the usefulness). It's taken me 40 years to realize that :
1) i'm not interested in sales/marketing
2) doing it takes me down a path of depression every single time i try and i'm better of doing other things like building my own house (took me 3 years) or working in mechanics (repairing engines)
3) most important : there's no shame in not caring about marketing/sales and (therefore) sucking at it. I had the opportunity to team with a guy who excels at marketing, and am able to code for a living full time while still living in a small village on a secluded island with a good internet connection. I truly hope you'll meet one of these ! Cause your work is insanely good. |