Reflections on App Development and Career Challenges

Introduction

• Personal reflections on the anxiety of cash flow and future prospects in app development.
• Struggle to balance releasing new ideas and ensuring familial support without reliance on others.

Challenges Faced

• Feelings of stress and searching for meaning amidst chaos.
• Transition from excitement to doubt in building an app portfolio.
• Struggling with debt and feelings of worthlessness while balancing freelance work and app development.

Conflict Between Freelancing and App Development

• Freelance work pays the bills but is not a sustainable career model.
• Building apps offers potential financial independence but is challenging.
• Conflicting feelings about focusing on freelance work vs. app development.

Personal Reflections

• Feeling out of place and misunderstood by peers and family.
• Dreams and ambitions not aligning with traditional 9-5 job expectations.
• Desire for something beyond the conventional job and lifestyle.

Insights on Failure and Growth

• Realization of fear of failure and concern about others’ perceptions if it doesn’t work out.
• Experience of shifting perceptions from others after success is achieved.
• Growth and determination recognized in retrospect.

Long-Term Perspective

• Understanding that app development takes time to gain momentum.
• Most apps failed but learnings from each failure contribute to eventual success.
• Perseverance is key; giving up ensures failure.

Defining Success

• Success is not solely measured by revenue.
• Emphasizing creative expression, overcoming challenges, and continuous learning as true markers of success.
• Encouragement to view each day as an opportunity for growth.