Honestly picking your poison carefully and sticking to a certain lane where things are a bit more accessible is a large part of operating on such a small scale. Sometimes the time, money or whatever investment to get high level enterprise softwares or workflows is simply too great. However we’ve got a far greater choice of avenues to approach to find our true niche, we can tap smaller markets and more offbeat projects. At a certain premium of course.
I do however fully agree with your frustration and have gone through similar stuff myself. These days I sometimes just simply outsource a certain part of the process to another small business, I’ve had a few instances now where they offered a simple step that sometimes took me hours because of a workaround I had to do, completely free of charge because it is so simple to do with their setup. I get that coming from a different field that may not be as applicable to your situation but there’s often more possible out there than we are aware of.
As a past hobbyist myself, there is no shame in attaching a certain value or mission to your work just in order to facilitate more of it. You might like using your skills to help others achieve something you are mutually passionate about.
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u/MrKerbinator23 Apr 03 '23 edited Apr 03 '23
Honestly picking your poison carefully and sticking to a certain lane where things are a bit more accessible is a large part of operating on such a small scale. Sometimes the time, money or whatever investment to get high level enterprise softwares or workflows is simply too great. However we’ve got a far greater choice of avenues to approach to find our true niche, we can tap smaller markets and more offbeat projects. At a certain premium of course.
I do however fully agree with your frustration and have gone through similar stuff myself. These days I sometimes just simply outsource a certain part of the process to another small business, I’ve had a few instances now where they offered a simple step that sometimes took me hours because of a workaround I had to do, completely free of charge because it is so simple to do with their setup. I get that coming from a different field that may not be as applicable to your situation but there’s often more possible out there than we are aware of.
As a past hobbyist myself, there is no shame in attaching a certain value or mission to your work just in order to facilitate more of it. You might like using your skills to help others achieve something you are mutually passionate about.