Searching my chat history for the past few days, I accidentally saw a chat message from two years ago. It was an independent development netizen who discussed overseas business with me, and an industry elite who later went to start a business. A random search shows that he was also one of the highly active people in one of my developer groups, and he often gave me advice in private. He is very capable, and he is very good at making projects in the direction of the sea matrix. But then suddenly there was no news, although people still stayed in the group.
I curiously clicked on his circle of friends, only to find out that he no longer does independent development, and (for the time being) is no longer playing in the IT circle. He went to help his relatives’ clothing wholesale business. At the level of the head of the family, there is a lot of money, and it is relatively stable. The painting style of the circle of friends used to be the IT industry trends, and the overseas information is now sales copywriting and QR codes.
I chatted with him privately, and he told me that he is doing well now and that he still has a long way to go in life. He talked about his current experience in this line of work, and he said a lot of interesting things. In the end, he said to me with emotion: "After changing careers, I feel that my brain is much more flexible." I said that when you wrote programs, your brain was not flexible. He sent an embarrassed but polite expression, "I used to be more skilled, Deadheaded sometimes."
I have heard this kind of words a lot, but it is particularly convincing to say it from a friend who knows (although he is a netizen) and has changed careers in a long time. Especially after learning about his experience, I want to write an article to talk about the shortcomings of programmers, and how this kind of shortcomings will get narrower and narrower step by step if they don’t reinforce them.
Now more and more programmers are resigning (or being resigned). The programmer group, especially the client programmer group, has the potential for full-stack and comprehensive business as long as they are capable. Especially for client-side programmers, even when they are working in the company, they can write personal projects in their spare time and post them on the Internet, earning a four- to five-figure sideline income every month.
Coupled with all kinds of useless things encountered in the company, and countless times of useless "leadership", this will make some programmers think that if I don't have enough spare time, or do it full-time Doesn't this project take off?
Knowing where the flaws are is the only way to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses, so I want to review what shortcomings exist in subjective issues when programmers start a business. (Because I'm talking about the overall situation, please don't check in on the number)
First, admit death.
Dealing with codes, agreements, and documents a lot, no matter whether you like it or not, more or less people have a strong "contract concept". If you stay in the world too much, it is impossible for you to say that the way of thinking cannot be changed---and in general, this kind of shaping is actually a good thing. Otherwise, there would not be so many parents who want their children to program in elementary school. (Of course, parents just want their children to learn programming, not to be programmers.)
As a result of years of immersion in the program, it is easy for technical people to have a poor understanding of the complex nature of many problems in society, fear, contempt, or turn a blind eye. in conclusion. In the words of Grandpa Mao, it is a metaphysical mistake.
For example, when dealing with issues such as the compliance of iOS products on the shelves, this defect is particularly obvious.
For example, if you believe that a product with other functions does the same and can pass the review, then you can also pass by doing it yourself. But he ignored that the condition behind this judgment is that your account and other accounts may have different weights in Apple's eyes, and Apple will not write this matter in the document.
It doesn't matter if you just talk about it, what you are most afraid of is "stubbornness", or how to say "admitting death".
Second, I like to use technology to set the market.
How to understand this is that aspiring technical people like to study some powerful technologies, but how to use them after research, that is, to implement them in specific application scenarios, lacks imagination.
To give an interesting example around me, a technical friend spent three years writing intermittently in his spare time, using OpenGL to write a set of UI engine with great animation effects, which can be set into a View and customized various cool animation effects . After making it, I didn’t know what to use it for. Later, I met a entrepreneurial boss. The boss saw that your effect was really good. I bought your engine for how much, and my friend didn’t have any idea. He said it would sell for 50,000 yuan. you. The boss sent the money directly. Later, the boss gave it to his programmers for maintenance, and used this set of tools to make several "small and beautiful" positioning efficiency tools. With simple configuration, there are cool button animation effects, and the high-level visual design is full of income. I didn't ask how, but Apple has been recommended in several countries.
Some people may say that this programmer brother does not have UI to help, yes, this is the reason, but the most fundamental problem is that he has never thought about the route of making small and beautiful tools, and he is not even aware of it. How can it be possible to grasp the opportunity to make money? Whether there is UI help is the threshold of the implementation layer.
Third, they are not good at cooperation.
Why do many start-ups make small money (not to mention Ma Huateng, Robin Li, who make a lot of money, they have no reference value for most of us) and those who survive stably are business owners with a background in marketing.
They make money.
They can make money because they can deal with people, investors, partners, and all kinds of resource channels.
Most people are directly stuck on this route on the road to entrepreneurship.
Investors need to run, cooperation channels need to be pulled, including local tax breaks and incentive bonuses for start-up companies, all need to deal with various people to win.
Then let me go to the head office at sea, it won't be so troublesome to go to sea. Sorry, the cooperation advantage of going overseas is also leading. Find overseas self-media channels to cooperate and provide product exposure. Insist on writing recommendation letters to Apple, so that their own products can be recommended more. If you are good at doing these things, not to mention that you are much better than your peers, at least you will have a much higher chance of surviving your business after making a good product. There are still a lot of information gaps and methodologies, and you need to enter the circle to know.
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What I said is not derogatory or slanderous. To put it bluntly, any profession has its own shortcomings, which are what we call occupational diseases, and it is not a big deal. It's just that when we screwed the screws in a big company, we were so well protected.
It’s just that starting a business will make a person’s shortcomings continue to magnify. That’s because you have to be responsible for your own choices, and no one will wipe your ass for you. That's why the shortcomings are so glaring.
Finally, let me say that it does not mean that if there are shortcomings, it will fail. Who has no shortcomings. Writing it out is just to let yourself and your friends have a better self-awareness, and understand where your strengths and weaknesses are.
One last thing to add, the left ear mouse thing tells us that programmers really need to take care of their bodies. In the end, they still have to work hard to survive. Only after they survive will they have output.