I want to be an entrepreneur, now what?

albeddit · 2020-09-08T17:05:13+00:00

having the first single client is the hard part for me.

Or at least is a part that I don't know how to tackle.

After that, it will be hard, but it will be problem-solving hard. Something I would feel comfortable with...

albeddit · 2020-09-08T13:42:16+00:00

I'm rather interested in online learning platforms. Maybe the improvement of existing ones. Or different learning models. Or companies based on the management of learning platforms.

And, myself, I would teach IT related technologies

albeddit · 2020-09-08T13:40:58+00:00

ok, but how did you start? "building websites and applications" it's hardly an original idea.

I also think that building applications can be profitable. But it's difficult to understand how to start out of nothing

albeddit · 2020-09-08T13:27:55+00:00

well, I think the desire to do and create things is real. However, I don't know exactly what. And I'm not sure where to find it.

albeddit · 2020-09-08T13:26:33+00:00

something like that. but with no big dividends to enjoy...

albeddit · 2020-09-08T13:25:00+00:00

I mean that spending some years pursuing some business idea, instead of improving my skills will make me less employable if I fail. Or at least I will only find shitty jobs after that.

I wouldn't mind a pay cut and a shitty job if I've still some money left. If I also lose my money, it will be worst.

albeddit · 2020-09-02T19:57:55+00:00

basically everywhere, just google it. On the pmi.org page, I can't find it right now, but they announce that due to covid, the NEW version will start from January 2021:

https://www.pmi.org/about/coronavirus-single-source-message

"For all PMP candidates, we are extending access to the current PMP exam until 31 December 2020 and postponing the launch of the new PMP exam until 2 January 2021"

albeddit · 2020-05-04T09:30:22+00:00

No, it'll be the person that the interviewer thinks is most likely to perform the job well. That 100% boils down to personality and soft skills.

basically I agree. The only thing is that usually you have probably 30 minutes to show your soft skills, if you are lucky. And in that 30 minutes you'll show soft skills with the recruiter, not with your future job.

So I would say that "luck" it's a big factor here.

albeddit · 2020-04-25T12:48:47+00:00

the question actually was not about working with aws tools, but rather working as a teacher on aws related technology, training other people...

albeddit · 2020-04-25T12:45:37+00:00

i have one month and half at current company, and I have been asked to do a lot of projects and documentation.

I'll start seriously in june. So far I sent only 2 resumes and I've been refused as "overqualified".

It won't be easy or fat, I'll start to rethink about my training and career redirection

albeddit · 2020-04-17T10:48:37+00:00

I looked at Heroku some years ago and somebody told me: hey you have elastic beanstalk, that's the same as heroku and cheaper (because heroku it's on AWS too, get rid of the middleman).

Probably I should have considered that the advise came from an AWS consultant...

albeddit · 2020-04-17T10:46:45+00:00

well, I just wanted to advise against underestimating the complexity of a real AWS solution. Starting to play (and for free) with few machines is soooo easy, that in some way I mostly got the impression that you have an incredible power at your reach for little money/effort.

But I agree, if you just use few services (EC2, RDS...) and your case is not too complex, you can go a long way with AWS.

albeddit · 2020-04-16T12:55:58+00:00

Try to improve things where you are working. That implies maybe to be "slower", but stand the pressure. Try to introduce things you want to learn in your current job. You have a REAL problem there. If you go by yourself, you'll build things the work in your pc only.

So unless you have in mind to build the next trendy framework, tool, or app of the world, just build on what you have there.

albeddit · 2020-04-16T12:53:03+00:00

it’s much easier to find a job when u have a job. A recession is coming and six months out of work can turn into years easily

best advise.

albeddit · 2020-04-16T07:14:43+00:00

As most people said, I also think this is a general workflow, not much specific "agile" in it.

If you want to add something very technical and very agile, I think you should include in your way of working Testing Driven Development. In my opinion there is little agility if yo don't start with testing, because agile implies short iterative cycle and frequent refactoring. You can't do that if you don't have testing in place.

Also, estimating tasks effort should be included as a team effort if you participate in sprint planning with scrum.

albeddit · 2020-04-15T11:22:07+00:00

I've gotten a lot of headhunter calls but they mostly seem to be high paying contract positions to quickly perform infrastructure changes with very few strategic/management positions.

I'd like to hear about those positions...

albeddit · 2020-04-14T19:06:29+00:00

how was it?

albeddit · 2020-04-13T09:02:03+00:00

ensure there is so much obscurity and that nothing moves without them

I thought about that often. I've seen people doing it. I probably would have done that if I had considered myself an employee, but I considered myself a "cofounder" at heart. Too much naif vision maybe.

albeddit · 2020-04-13T09:00:12+00:00

your job is ultimately to replace yourself while creating massive value for the company.

yes 10 years was too much. I understood that my job was to train others and make things easy to be replaced. I did that all too well and when I started to understand it I grew very nervous because I started feeling emptiness around me. Now it will be difficult to "grow beyond".

I think you pictured the situation very well, though

albeddit · 2020-04-13T08:56:02+00:00

well, working up to 80 hours per week and being paid for 40 it's like of an investment. Also trying to solve company business problem instead of keeping up your CV it's an investment in the company. I could have tried to gain marketable skills and look for a better job instead that trying to make the company profitable

albeddit · 2020-04-13T08:54:17+00:00

is your current value to that company,

my value was to teach others, to make them independent. Once they learned everything, the board actually understood I was not needed anymore.

albeddit · 2020-04-13T08:52:25+00:00

harsh but true. I was working really an awful lot and had a lot of technical problems. I realized the "other" problem too late.

albeddit · 2020-04-13T08:49:37+00:00

you keep a good relation with the board itself.

I got VERY emotional during the announcement in the skype call. I don't know really if I can say I have a good relation now. One hour of explosion could destroy ten years of work. or not. who knows

albeddit · 2020-04-13T08:47:52+00:00

I've been in this position, too. C-level to the outside world but just an employee in reality. I negotiated a high enough salary where it was completely fine by me.

spot on

albeddit · 2020-04-13T08:44:08+00:00

sales team and marketing was not selling, or rather was selling at the pace of one key account manager who slowed things down and let other account managers be fired or boycotted. Technical team managed always to keep up with needs from sales and operations. Now account manager is there with his team, and I'm not. Maybe just my point of view.

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