that you are exchanging your time as a resource for money • Unlike salaried position, you only get paid when the company needs you, so you get paid more per unit of time • Good opportunity to practice customer development, negotiation, and other business skills
can get pretty far on ݸਓࣄۀ (sole proprietorship) • A company has higher overhead and more complex taxation • You can self-sponsor an engineering visa with sole proprietorship (more kosher then having a company you create it) • http://www.tokyodev.com/2014/04/17/creating- company-japan/
only • This forces you to build something that is actually valuable • Do customer development before software development • Get 10+ people to commit to paying you $50+/ month • Having less users is a good thing when you’re starting out
not going to be Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg) • I find developers who have had small scale success more relevant: see Jason Cohen, Rob Walling, and Patrick McKenzie • http://www.tokyodev.com/2014/04/10/resources- developers-business/