PacManPlus' Blog

Crazy? No. Wildly optimistic? Yes.

I used to read the blog of one developer that attempted to go full time indie on modern platforms. He eventually had to get a job again. If you think his insight might be relevant I can try and dig up the links.

 

The thing about asking for money is that you have to have a product people want. I'd only contribute to a kickstarter if you were making a 7800 version of batari BASIC. Problem is, I doubt if many others realize the value of more accessible classic gaming development tools.

Thanks, guys.

 

Yeah, I was never actually comfortable even seriously thinking about this, and the answers here kind of put a clincher on it.

 

Funny; Nathan - right after I wrote that I thought to myself, "that's even if people would be willing to do this in the first place".

 

 

Ok - you just confirmed my gut feelings.

I think of it like when I was going to college and working full time: I did neither at an optimal level.. but, I did get to go to college

I work and I homebrew.. but, it takes me a few months to complete a simple project instead of a few weeks

Gotta say it would be amazing if you can pull it off, you never work a day when it's work yo like (or something like that)!

I just recently changed jobs / companies. Some things I did:

 

1. Check out "What Color is Your Parachute" from your local library. Even if you aren't able to complete the exercises yourself, there's a lot of battle-hardened insight also in there. (Like the pyramid which shows how traditional want-ads are about the worst way to find a job.)

 

2. Consider hiring a "Career Coach" (coachfederation.org has an RFP process) For me it helped identify some of my key skills, attributes, etc and confirmed I'm well suited to the kind of work I do (advanced technical support). I also got a rework of my resume and cover letter.

 

3. Network, network, network. LinkedIn is a great place to start (and it works even if you don't pay). I got my current job via an automated LinkedIn job posting suggestion. But I think a big kicker was an ex-coworker was working at the same company - so I bcc'd him on my application so he could put in the good word for me. I also got an interview with another company which started with my LinkedIn profile being a search result for their recruiter. My Dad got one of his jobs (years ago) because a 2nd cousin got his resume in front of a VP.

Thanks guys Hadn't come back to this topic for a while.

 

I actually belong to linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-decrescenzo/37/392/812

 

I will check those things out - thanks Eric, and everyone who gave advice - I really appreciate it.

I'd throw money at you! But you've already seen me sing your praises all over this forum because of everything you've made so far. If you Kickstart, I will donate, good sir.