Comments on: So, You Want To Quit Your Job? (Why You Should)

By: jsonmez

jsonmez — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:34:00 +0000

In reply to Jack Hughes. I think it depends how you structure a sale and how you structure a business. There are always ways to realize value from an asset. For example, even a freelancer can sell his company to another freelancer who will run it. It may require a transition period, to make things work smoothly and gain trust, but that customer list is the real value of that company.

By: jsonmez

jsonmez — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:32:00 +0000

In reply to Sanjaya Yapa. Thanks, I'll be posting the 2nd part next week.

By: Sanjaya Yapa

Sanjaya Yapa — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:56:00 +0000

Hi John, this is great, can’t wait to read the next part of this, as I am looking forward to go along in this path.

By: Jack Hughes

Jack Hughes — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:04:00 +0000

Building a tangible asset is only useful if you can turn that asset into cash at some point in the future. Is a freelancer’s customer base really something that you can sell successfully x years down the road? I would be skeptical myself. Who is going to buy it? The same goes for more tangible products too.

I’ve been indie for over 10 years and I doubt we’d have much to sell when we pack it in. Or rather there is plenty to sell but precious few people / companies able or willing to offer significant lumps of money for it.

By: Matt Honeycutt

Matt Honeycutt — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:04:00 +0000

Good post, John. I’m looking forward to hearing more about how your transition to an independent has gone.

By: jsonmez

jsonmez — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:12:00 +0000

In reply to Charles Hoffman. Yes, exactly :)

By: Charles Hoffman

Charles Hoffman — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:46:00 +0000

In reply to ItsASecret. When you work for someone else, you learn whatever is directly relevant to the tasks they assign you. When you work for yourself, you can decide _what_ you will learn on the job.

By: ItsASecret

ItsASecret — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:14:00 +0000

Learning on the job is building an asset (you). I think on the job learning is undervalued when I read posts like this–I know I enjoy and appreciate it. Speaking of the hacker news generation, why do I get the feeling we are breeding a generation of insecure entrepreneurs who think they’re too good to take a six figure job? I think you’re assuming wayy too much expertise of a lot of people (lots of people still learning to fish the right way while you blow by on a whaling boat)

I give an emphatic yes to side projects and a “it depends on who you are and what you do” to quitting.