Yes they can make wayy more than day job people on average

Can indie developers make it in comparison to their day job counterparts?

Does indie app/site developers make it

Does indie app/site developers make it- Grapevine

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

A bit of intro:

I started my career in ops in manufacturing, with time I have moved to tech (across various roles ops, marketing, product, project, analytics and eventually sales).
I have sold SaaS, SaaS+Service, and was part of the team that closed reinsurance deals.

What I am making:
I have created a bit of python programs for data analysis, Twitter bots, web scrapping, etc (it's on my website - https://talesofss.com/ ), but don't know how to make web apps. 

I am here to learn:
What do I have to learn to be able to create small online projects

1. Like if I want to create an online platform where people can share their excel sheets and the program does the analysis for them, and output is a few Excel files - know a few US orgs that could pay for this

2. Webp converter online (I created a Mac app, but don't know how to bring it online) - this is to make my life easier 

3. Publish a database but only the first 100 is visible, post which users have to share their email IDs to view the rest - this can be used for user acquisition/monetization

I tried Java, css, html with ChatGPT but still don't know how to publish the results online

Currently doing a course on AWS EC2 but it's too confusing

Looking for someone to either help me build these or point me in the right direction :)

Need help from Indie Developers

Founder

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

I'm a marketer with 4 years of experience working with startups, corporates across different industries.
One thing I'm realizing is that having a single source of income is just not sustainable anymore.

Also, I've been dreaming to go indie hacking or take the solopreneurship route for quite some time now.

But the biggest barrier has been the commitments I've got at my job.

If any of you have started a side hustle or are planning to start one, how are you balancing it with your day job?

What are the challenges you faced/are facing and how have you overcome them?

Currently working in an early stage SaaS startup

Is it possible to start a side hustle while working at a startup?

Product Marketing Manager

Hi , Please share your stories about your project ,what are some challenges you have faced.

Any Indie app developers, share your success/ failure story.

Software Engineer

Have you worked/working on something that earns you additional income over your salary?

What do you do? Why do you do it? How was the journey? Do you enjoy it? Is your work aware of it? How much do earn from it?


I will start with myself.
I worked on reverse engineered camera for Android devices, for 2 years, I did it because there was no camera for my phone with custom rom that used all the features of the hardware at the time I started the project,
It started with an insult on a noob question XDA. At the end of two years it had downloads over 10K. It got famous in related communities. I even got a phone from the OEM for further development. Made a lot of friends Indian as well as international.
It was fun for an year. After 2 years it become a game of cat and mouse. The manufacturer took steps to make my efforts to unlock features on older devices difficult. I lost motivation. Felt a lot like unpaid labour. Got tired about bug reports.
My bosses were aware of it.
Earned around 1.5L from donations and ad revenue.

Now I am trying indie game development.

Any side income earners here?

Software Developer

Indie Hacking sounds fun but it's better to start as a side project rather than something to go all in. 

Only 15% reach $1,000 MRR
Only 7% reach $5,000 MRR
Only 5% reach $10,000 MRR
Only 3% reach $20,000 MRR

Would love to understand why can't they scale?

https://scrapingfish.com/blog/indie-hackers-revenue

Why doesn't Indie Hacking Scale?

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Young SWE start with double digit salaries, while someone in Non tech will need 5-10 years to reach that level
Even the business roles, the direct revenue generating roles don't pay good traditionally

Funny how techies think everyone gets paid similar
A lot of it changed with startups trying to acquire talent, but not sustainable
Because the market simply doesn’t pay

How do non tech compete with this skewed demand-supply chain?

Tech and Non tech Pay Partiality is something no one talks about

Consultant

I know this will sound like a very biased opinion but just sharing my 2 cents of today’s market.

The way with highest probability of success, money and ensuring a better future for your future generations is to startup.

It has the highest risk, highest reward. But in today’s landscape: where inflation is always higher than your hike, there’s no guarantee of employment even in next 1 years, the effort to remain in top 1% is humongous and many other reasons like that, really make me feel that if you’re able to start a company and even capture 0.1% of market who’s willing to pay something for your service/product, that’s all you need. Of course the struggle doesn’t end there and you have to keep working for as long as possible? But your capacity to earn and provide for generations to come is much higher than working for someone else.

All disagreement is welcome :)
Just tired of running this race for years now and still never feeling financially secure.

The guaranteed way to success (if there’s one)

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I work at a Web3 company, with an in-hand of $85K annually, but I feel my coworkers earn way more. I am a fresher out of college, but I've been dabbling with Web2 for 4 years, and Web3 for 2 years.
Just wanted to know if the salary is unjustified or not.

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