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How Tim worked on side-projects for 10+ years, and finally went full-time (with kids)

2023/6/20
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Tim Leland: 我在大学毕业后就开始从事软件开发工作,并利用业余时间构建网站和应用程序。随着时间的推移,我逐渐进入Chrome扩展领域,并最终开发出了T.LY。在决定全职投入副业之前,我设定了明确的财务目标,即副业收入必须超过或达到我目前工作的收入水平。为了降低风险,我一直等到副业收入达到我工资的两倍才敢辞职。此外,我一直有储蓄的习惯,尽量只靠正常工资生活,并将剩余的钱用于投资。在过去十年里,我经历了孩子的出生,这促使我更加努力地工作,为家庭赚取更多收入。虽然我经常需要在晚上工作,牺牲睡眠时间,但我始终努力在工作和家庭之间找到平衡。现在,我比以往任何时候都更专注于业务,因为这对我来说至关重要。如果现在失败了,我就需要做出改变,要么回去找一份普通工作,要么找到解决问题的方法。 Justin Jackson: 很多人在职业发展和副业之间犹豫不决。对于某些人来说,找到一份薪水更高的工作可能是一个更好的选择。然而,有些人总是渴望做自己的事情,拥有自己的东西。作为雇主,我试图了解员工的需求,并尽力满足他们。如果夫妻双方能够达成一致,一方专注于事业,另一方专注于家庭,这是一种可以奏效的模式。重要的是要权衡成本,以及你现在是否放弃了太多。创造空间和余地,甚至可以产生想法。自从Transistor发展良好以来,我放慢了脚步,突然有了空间、精力和正念去关注其他事情。我发现自己很容易把所有的想法都放在业务上,这让我忽略了其他重要的事情。牺牲睡眠和健康也会影响到其他人。我们应该问问自己,我们是否足够健康,是否可以做些什么来让事情更易于管理和更健康。

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Tim reached out after the Aaron Francis episode: "I wanted to pitch you on the idea of coming on the podcast and sharing my journey of building side projects for the last decade while raising a family. I can also share the guardrails I put in place before finally going full-time on T.LY)."

Highlights:

  • (00:12) - Welcome

  • (01:18) - Who is Tim Leland?

  • (03:25) - What guardrails did you put in place?

  • (06:29) - What's the sales funnel?

  • (08:18) - Family as a motivator

  • (16:26) - How would you describe your effort during this process?

  • (20:11) - What about family boundaries?

  • (23:30) - How do you manage your thoughts?

  • (31:20) - How have you been able to manage the effort level?

  • (34:49) - The pressure of cutting the cord from your job

  • (38:21) - What's it been like being full time on t.ly?

  • (40:04) - What's your SEO magic touch?

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