Very solid. I've experienced all of these as well.
> 1.. you don't relate to the problem
Yeah, it's like being blind. "Why do people buy that thing?" is a question I barely get answer confidently
> 2.. because developers don’t pay for shit
It's getting worse. These folks always demand open source alternatives, self-host. Sometimes, the moral of story is "I want your free labor no matter how your family is doing"
> 3.. Don’t pick something that needs a pretty UI:
Super related here. When I realized my product value is literally UX/UI, it's like the end of the word because there's no many HCI solutions at all. It's always hard to use for any target, techie, non-techie, it's hard still.
> 4.. Learn how to market instead.
Developers try to do marketing is like trying to do self-surgery, ones just can't
> 5.. You don’t want to be going around talking to actual humans
I ended up shitting on a customer because he thought he knew problems (my app trying to solve) more than I do, but I'm confident he didn't know shit.
> 6.. Try writing
Yeah, this is part of content marketing. It kinda sucks to me though, lots of content marking is just for sake of marketing, doesn't bring much knowledge.
> 7.. Keep it real.
The most real sad thing is going back to working for corp.
> 1.. you don't relate to the problem
Yeah, it's like being blind. "Why do people buy that thing?" is a question I barely get answer confidently
> 2.. because developers don’t pay for shit
It's getting worse. These folks always demand open source alternatives, self-host. Sometimes, the moral of story is "I want your free labor no matter how your family is doing"
> 3.. Don’t pick something that needs a pretty UI:
Super related here. When I realized my product value is literally UX/UI, it's like the end of the word because there's no many HCI solutions at all. It's always hard to use for any target, techie, non-techie, it's hard still.
> 4.. Learn how to market instead.
Developers try to do marketing is like trying to do self-surgery, ones just can't
> 5.. You don’t want to be going around talking to actual humans
I ended up shitting on a customer because he thought he knew problems (my app trying to solve) more than I do, but I'm confident he didn't know shit.
> 6.. Try writing
Yeah, this is part of content marketing. It kinda sucks to me though, lots of content marking is just for sake of marketing, doesn't bring much knowledge.
> 7.. Keep it real.
The most real sad thing is going back to working for corp.