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Lessons learned from 2 years of self-employment

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October 03, 2012
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Lessons learned from 2 years of self-employment

Talk given October 3rd at http://bridgetalks.ch

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October 03, 2012

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Transcript

  1. LESSONS LEARNED 2 YEARS SELF - EMPLOYMENT from of

  2. ...AT FIRST I WAS LIKE...

  3. ...THEN I WAS LIKE...

  4. ...NOW I AM LIKE

  5. I just do things

  6. therod @ CTO

  7. Where do the experiences come from?

  8. READING JUST DOING STUFF &

  9. There are a lot of AMAZING PEOPLE out there.

  10. None

  11. Book recommendation

  12. Lets’ get started, shall we?

  13. Write DOWN it le on 1

  14. Can effortlessly learn any language But only while you’re too

    young to care Scumbag

  15. KNOCK KNOCK JOKES IDEAS POEMS STORIES

  16. None

  17. WRITE DOWN STUFF THAT CAUSES YOU PAIN

  18. None

  19. “All startups should be thinking what frustrates me and how

    can I make it better?” - Richard Branson

  20. i the FUTURE Software PAST le on 2

  21. None
  22. None

  23. LEARN HOW TO MAKE SOFTWARE!

  24. “Yeah, but I don’t have any time for that!”

  25. is le on 3 TIME EXCUSE NOT an

  26. BULLSHIT!

  27. START MAKING SOMETHING! CUT THE CRAP

  28. 2 HOURS ARE ENOUGH YOU DON’T NEED TO QUIT YOU

    JOB

  29. D I E T I N F O R M

    A T I O N

  30. le on 5 DO IT YOURSELF

  31. IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORK IS ABOUT, IT IS

    EASIER TO FIND A SUITABLE PERSON FOR IT.

  32. HAVE A GENERALIST MINDSET

  33. TRYING, OK IT IS!

  34. le on 6 FUCK quo the status supposed to be

    a tie

  35. LESSON 7 are YOU ALONE NOT

  36. MY STORY

  37. None

  38. C l ory br

  39. None
  40. None

  41. DON’T GO SOLO

  42. le on 8 XP INVEST IN E ERIENCES THINGS NOT

    LVL 12

  43. Closing words:

  44. If you meet the Buddha on the road... ...kill him.

  45. Merci Beaucoup @therod