10 years of trying

I remember 2 individuals being the early inspiration for going indie hacker - Pieter Levels and Jon Yongfook

This was around 2014.

Seeing Jon’s slideshow of digital nomading and building a SaaS by the beach, and witnessing Pieter’s bootstrapped, ship fast approach of 12 startups in 12 months.

Those ideas planted seeds in my head, and slowly I got the courage to learning coding, build products and start trying.

It’s been 10 years since.

I’ve definitely tried. And tried hard.

I didn’t imagine myself coding, yet I taught myself.
I didn’t imagine identifying as a coder, yet now I see myself as one.
I didn’t imagine myself being any good at marketing, yet now I can do it.
I didn’t imagine myself earning any MRR, yet I earned my $1 MRR almost 4 years ago.

It’s been a long 10 years.

I’m still not where I want to be. Yet I’ve covered much distance.

I’ve come far.

It’s not good enough yet. But it was good.