TL;DR I've launched on Product Hunt today and would very much appreciate your support: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/thread-creator The backstory I wrote a blog post a couple months ago about how I decided to leave my Director level job at GitHub to attend a code bootcamp and become a full time entrepreneur, but here's the recap in case you missed … Continue reading Introducing my first product – Thread Creator
Author: johnjoubert
Next step in the journey and my first project
Two months ago I wrote about how I left my job to start a new journey as an entrepreneur. The first step as part of that process was that I wanted to sharpen my technical skills and fill in some missing pieces of knowledge. To achieve that aim, I’ve been attending a code bootcamp for the last nine weeks - which came to an end on Friday.
Six lessons I learned by sharing my journey to become a solopreneur
I learned a couple things last week. After my first week of openly talking about my journey to become a solo founder, I had hundreds of people follow me on Twitter and over 100 000 views of my tweets in two days.
Why I left a six figure salary at GitHub to go solo
Last week I left GitHub. I stepped away from job security, exceptional colleagues, and the thrill of working for an admired brand within the developer community.