2 years ago, I joined a tech startup and wrote over 100,000 lines of code😱

[@Allen-by6ci]

Don't fall into the cultish hivemind of ANY software project. It's just a job.

[@codewithegai]

Exactly

[@docgraal485]

Could you expand on what you mean?

[@Allen-by6ci]

Not every idea/product is the next Google or Amazon or Netflix. Don't listen to the cheerleading trying to get you to work 60+ hours a week and/or giving you worthless stock options in the hope that their product will take off. Protect your work/life balance and your sanity.

[@x-bloof]

​@@docgraal485he means don't make the AI task manager your reason to live

[@nAna36628]

they want your help, not your loyalty?

[@YorkshireLen]

I started in the industry 35 years ago. Make what the users need, not what you think they want, is a lesson we all learn at some point.

[@paulXmbingu]

Reaserch > Design > Code

[@gabrielbarrantes6946]

I am developing as a solo developer for my own startup, hopefully this won't happen. Good thing Tim is a well stabilised programer, still that must hurt a lot.

[@mw2984]

1 absolut important thing I learned is the MVP method Minimal Viable product. One of the most important things you need for any business is "feedback". code the least amount for your software and bring it out to potential customer and with their feedback you analyse what is wished for and what is completely none used. it sound logic but in reality most tech comps dont do it like that in the beginning and try to make something perfect... there is no perfection!

[@MubashirullahD]

I wish we'd validate ideas using high fidelity prototypes

[@sveng5319]

I like your positive attitude to Analyse and learn out of defeats - this leads you to success 👍

[@frostsmaker8966]

I agree, I only write codes if someone will use them. Don't do hard work if no one uses the code. Work on something people need.

[@PeIeus]

Sorry to hear this, thanks for sharing though it's great feedback

[@TechWithTim]

No worries!

[@alimihakeem841]

The key point I grab. Validate your idea❤

[@divisiit8826]

good point, because everyone thinks they're idea will blowing up the market

[@kelvinxg6754]

In the business sxhool its called push approah. Its an old business approach. The pull approach would be The lean startup process. It's pretty valid for most businesses innovation.

[@NotaUserIam]

Waiting lists or angel funding should be mandatory for any new product not just software

[@goodvibesjumper]

Relearning learned lessons is a good time. Isn't agile supposed to help remedy that problem of too much time passing before validating the product?

[@Sinke_100]

I agree Tim for bigger projects, but not any line of code

[@dimitriosdesmos4699]

do things with passion,....and everything will work out in the end.

[@somii-3]

Em.... he's just saying the complete opposite in the video. He worked with passion for a year and it didn't work out...

[@skviknesh]

I love just this --> TRUTH ❤. this is what some one need. Making to realise the progress.

[@souravroychowdhury5370]

Is this why I had to do 4 separate courses in university that all had us doing market research?

[@nabeelimtiaz5608]

Requirement engineering 101

[@fizzlid4511]

Oh was wondering what happened to the sports app 😅 I've been in the same boat. Literally the only time the downloads grow is when I advertize the app. So it's not necessarily that the idea was bad.

[@user-fq7jf6cp9p]

Validation of an idea is super important. I built an app without Validation and there is a high chance it will not be used because I didn't validate it. I don't care that much tbh since I built it while learning a new tech stack for me 🤷‍♂️

[@fabianpetersen2452]

Im in this boat, i have an idea and i know i will have customers from the industry i came from as a engineer, not software engineer, the engineering degrees u actually have to earn e.g. chemical engineering. Thanx for the video i had to hear this

[@BikiniChronicles]

What’s the app .,?

[@draqonofwhitestars]

Except, how do you validate the idea for an app?

[@braahem05]

How can we your viewers validate our ideas?

[@techUX792]

This is why we have UX designers, to figure out what user needs. I can’t help but to feel like some steps were skipped here 😦

[@habilhussain3387]

When it comes to mobile apps well a game app for mobile man idk why nobody creates a good One Piece game that would definitely be in high demand.

[@vcv6560]

Well, yes but no. Its one of the lessons of the business approach of Steve Jobs. He saw their job as to bring the customer to their vision, to drive them to you...not be driven by the market.

[@codewithegai]

User research is not your job, it's the work of the Product designer. You're paid to write code and that's about it for me.

[@Mewtas]

What's the app?

[@widebleek8138]

Well you are European! Non-Europeans unfortunately are not included in the tech industry ☹️

[@TechWithTim]

I’m Canadian?

[@widebleek8138]

@@TechWithTim No. However, you are European descent are you not?

[@kruemelkevin]

@@widebleek8138 So are you as an american, are you not?

[@widebleek8138]

@@kruemelkevin No!🤦‍♀️

[@kruemelkevin]

@@widebleek8138 I hope you realize how useless assumptions about a person's origins are

[@mayurchavhan8590]

You need to create a problem to solve a problem

[@abdulqadirmahmood3778]

Dark psychology 😬

[@dafivers4127]

I coulda told your that.

[@habilhussain3387]

Yeah this definitely highlights how important the ‘planning’ stage really is and that we as programmers love to dive right into the code and should maybe spend more time planning carefully and coming up with well a multitude of ideas that don’t necessarily have to be in high demand but definitely have some worth and value in our every day lives. Nevertheless I’m sure that was very valuable experience, and it will definitely guide you to overcome similar problems for next time.

[@braden6792]

No shit