At what age did you start to build your own side project ?
Serdar Palaoglu
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Ferenc Forgacs@feriforgacs
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I think I was 20. But I didn't call it a side project that time, it was just a simple website with funny videos and images. I was working on it next to university, so I'm calling it a side project today 😄
And as it happens with most of the side projects I never finished and published it 😁
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@feriforgacs the best things you can do besides university are side projects! Even you you have not finished it, the work you have invested on it matters actually a lot! maybe you finish your future side projects 😁
I remember slinging copied tapes (from my dual cassette recorder ) of all the music my friends parents wouldn't let them listen to when I was 8 in exchange for lunch money!
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I’ve always wanted to create and design things from a young age, I think my first serious side-project was maybe around 16 or 17 when I created a YouTube channel and got a partnership which was pretty rare at the time. Good memories.
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@kylerjphillips Impressive, I think young people should have more of these characteristics (creativity, designing, building). Unfortunately, schools don't encourage ppl to be creative and build things.
About 15/16. Antivirus for my school :D and then mobile games & iOS apps.
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I think it was when I was 15 (20 years ago, hard to believe 😂), created a website that shared console games, .rom files for emulators.
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@serdarplg Haha I was a very lazy student, too busy with gaming and writing code and getting drunk in the weekend. 😂
I started building Vinstripe 2 years ago. I was 24.
Started at 20
I started around the age of 27 or 28. I wanted to build QR code-based Punch In/ Punch Out machine for small store fronts.
Recently built one at 19 but failed
Without realizing they were projects, I had made blogs back when I first learned the computer, 2001 or so, but I took a long time off and re-started my creative online discovery journey at age 52, now 56. All my projects will always be in transition or creatively evolving until I expire. I'm planning on at least another 60 years of online Fun!
[side note] age is just a number, so I just wake up and enjoy the pursuits of the day/experience.
I guess I am the youngest in the house
I started to build my first startup at 13. TBH it's hard managing a startup with life and studies. Would mean a lot if you checked it out - producthunt.com/posts/ateliers
My first side project dates from the age of 16
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I started working on my first side project at the age of 20. Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful, but that didn't stop me from building many more successful ones.
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@qudsia_ali that's the way it is - Many see a gap between failure and success BUT failure is part of success.
@qudsia_ali 20 is SO young! It's an age where we don't have everything figured out in life (at least it was my case!), so I think it truly is impressive! what was it, and what would you say is your most successful project?
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@estelle_ducommun Yes, that is the case for so many people. But I was fortunate enough to have family and friends of hustlers, and with them around me, I was able to start so early.
It's a digital content & link selling platform for all the digital nomads, content creators, freelancers, sidepreneurs out there! It's as if WeTransfer & PayPal had a child ;) Upload your content for free, put a price tag on it, receive a link that you can share anywhere (forever valid) and we even do the automated billing & VAT for everyone. And all of that doesn't even take 2 minutes. I start my own project in 2021 in age on 29 and i am working on it. its related to Parcel tracking the website name is couriertrackingfinder it is my first project hope going good.
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At 16, a physiotherapy side hustle with me, my expertise, and a table.
Finished at 17 when I pursued some research projects and focused on school.
Building side project was never easy but I started very young working on my projects
Was 26! All about trying to take control of my future, instead of fully relying on another company's evaluation of my worth through the lens of a multi-tiered organization
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Started when I was 34, finished last month at 38. 😁
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@mario_stopfer wow! what kind of project was that? A spaceship company side project ? 😂
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@serdarplg Honestly, it sure felt like I was making one! :) I actually made a social network and released it just this week here on Product Hunt. Feel free to take a look. https://www.producthunt.com/post...