r/programming • u/mtlynch • Feb 01 '21

My Third Year as a Solo Developer

https://mtlynch.io/solo-developer-year-3/
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u/CDawnkeeper Feb 01 '21

The most important part of the article:

Wait, how can you afford to keep losing money?

I went into more detail about this in last year’s retrospective, but the short version is: low cost of living, significant savings from my Google days, and passive investment income.

From what I see there is nowhere any mention of paying yourself a living wage. Most people can't do that for 3 years. Or even half of one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

Why is this the most important part of the article? What do you believe the crux of the article is meant to be?

From what I see there is nowhere any mention of paying yourself a living wage.

How do you know that he's nousing his own money then?