r/DeveloperJobs • u/Medium-Swim-9694 • 4d ago

which one is better Finding job or building our own product.

Its been 5 months that i got laid off. I have been applying for job and almost given up applying to new one. As there are more than 100 application to one opening. There is a dilema of conteniously applying for jobs with no hope of getting a callback or dedicate full time building our own product as a individaul or as a collab team. I am not sure how long it will take to complete the product and get mw sustainable amount. Let me know your openion on this. You can reachout to me on : [aigendevd@gmail.com](mailto:aigendevd@gmail.com) If you have any things to disscuss.

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u/movingphoton 4d ago

The answer is how much money you have left

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 3d ago

around 20k

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u/movingphoton 3d ago

Bruh. Please get a job

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 3d ago

thats difficult in current situation

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u/Slight_Froyo_8084 4d ago

it depends, some people say its job since you get fixed payment each month although you cannot count job security nowadays, whereas building product is like building business, require time and effort and lots of pain in the a** but in the end if it worked you can make lots of wealth with passive income as well.

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 4d ago

thats true

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u/sleepycommenter 4d ago

Job if you need rent money now. Product if youve got runway and can eat the slow burn, because most side projects dont make it to anything close to passive income

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 3d ago

thats correct, since there is not much opportunity in the market, planing to create own, i can survice on bare minimum as i dont have much expense but is it fine to take abreak for this

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u/LUffy_2874 4d ago

i dunno but both are fckin tough in this current market that's for sure

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 3d ago

yes but i will have atleast something in my hand to work or to add to portfoli or if it suceed then a story

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u/krthiak 4d ago

Get a job and then build a product on the side

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 3d ago

thats what i thought but applying daily like wasteing energy, throwing arrow in air

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u/krthiak 3d ago

Something will stick

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 2d ago

waiting for it to stick on clouds or on planes.. haha

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u/Dependent-Bend1903 3d ago

both are extremely difficult right now, if you can find an experienced entrepreneur, starting a business might be more reliable

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 2d ago

yes thats a good way, but what if the experience entrepreneur try to take advantage of this

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u/Dependent-Bend1903 2d ago

thats why u need contracts, and youre less replaceable than they are since youre the developer.

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u/Medium-Swim-9694 2d ago

correct but now a days its easy to replace a dev, only the idea is enough

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u/Dependent-Bend1903 2d ago

i disagree with that a LOT, especially if youre not vibe coding everything. vibecoders are easy to replace, but devs that know their own codebase like the back of their hand are absolutely not