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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I quit my job and started a company in 2021. For two years I was developing my product, a new email service with some kickass novel features that keep you organized. I launched it this year.

It hasn’t gained a whole lot of traction because I’m focusing now on building out the enterprise features (custom domains, user management for your domain).

My goal this year is to get my first enterprise customers and start running advertisements for it.

Check it out: https://port87.com

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 9 points 10 months ago

I use a different service that provides a similar functionality and it really is a game changer! I wish you the best of luck

[–] sillyhatsonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I quit my awful office job in September after 10 years to focus on recovery from acute health issues. I’ll be freelancing in 2024 and even though I know I made the right decision I’m secretly terrified that I will fail. Just gotta keep going!

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I hope it works out. If nothing else, it got you out of a shitty situation.

Good luck!

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what freelancing will you do? maybe someone here knows someone interested

[–] sillyhatsonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

I’ll be taking on graphic design, branding, and motion graphics projects. I don’t have an online portfolio at the moment as I’m still getting everything together but if anyone is in need of design work they can certainly send me a message.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The experience will be worth it

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm getting way fatter than I should; a result of sitting all day, staring at errors on my laptop. I may have to start jogging

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

dare you to ditch your chair, starting with 30 minutes a day

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Challenge accepted

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is ur username an emojii of someone on the phone? Delightful neverthelesss

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I was going for (0_0) buh that was not allowed, special chars and all..

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I quit my job at a defense contractor because I was tired of being used by the corporate machine to make billions of dollars from the lives of innocence civilians all to steal oil.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Maan, the more rich you get, the more cynical you become... Somewhere in the lines "1% affected is not enough to see an issue as a serious matter" And that's like couple of hundreds of people!

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 8 points 10 months ago

I was unemployed for a (luckily) short period of time and it made me realise even more that as much as I enjoy the work I’ve done in 2023 (I work in tech) it’s not what I want to do forever.

I have started getting things ready to make my company official in 2024 which will bring me one step closer to leaving my 9-5.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I'm slowly turning into a couch potato. Nightly gaming, work, and shuttling kids to activities is taking me away from hobbies, socializing, and exercise.

[–] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I lost my best friend and business partner early 2023. Then burnout. This year, I'm figuring out what to do with my NPO, I'm tired of being alone. I'm joining a friends company. I'll figure a way to achieve the goals we set ourselves, by being with people rather than by myself.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oof, starting to feel that myself... Not good with co-working tho... It's either I'm ahead, or out-pased... Any strategies on this?

[–] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Not really. Hence why I'm joining another company. I'll let you know what I discover.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Get myself and my wife out of debt

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Need to resign from my job and find a better one, been unhappy there for far too long.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Being a Product Manager at a financial back-office software company, with a lot of legacy systems, is not very fun at this stage. It is uninspiring and I much preferred my job before I was promoted a couple of years ago, which involved working directly with development teams and not strategic planning.

My projects are now long standing and tedious, and I'm not getting much recognition beyond my manager telling me how fantastic I am, whilst giving me unremarkable appraisal scores. He told me that I didn't get a chance to "shine" because I was doing so much work he put on my plate... thanks boss, useful commentary.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

a lot of legacy systems

Lemme guess.. "health" related?

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I need a girlfriend. As for how, even I haven't figured that out.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

I had forgotten in 2023 that goals or any external gains are only temporary and not what is important to be happy. So I tried to reach a goal that I thought was causing me huge pain for not having reached it, but I was unable to because of many hindrances that honestly are not important to get into.

Instead, I've understood again that you first have to be completely content and happy with everything you have now, and once that is achieved, everything becomes easy and pleasant again.

Now I will pursue my goals in whatever way happens naturally, letting hindrances hinder me, making no progress sometimes, or maybe I do, who knows. It doesn't really matter, since I'm already content.