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Why Software Engineers Suck at Startups

Will Kwan
2019 ж. 7 Там.
158 634 Рет қаралды
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Many people get into software engineering to build startups, but few succeed. I spent 5 years coding side projects before I could fully support myself from them. This is why I kept failing.

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  • Feels like he is staring into my soul...

    @py_addo@py_addo4 жыл бұрын

    • lol

      @vaasudhand3200@vaasudhand32003 жыл бұрын

    • he is :)

      @morgabroc3140@morgabroc31403 жыл бұрын

  • My instincts tells me that this channel gonna get huge real fast.

    @ankitaaarya@ankitaaarya4 жыл бұрын

    • Yesyerday it had 1.something subs Today right now it has 2.4k subs

      @ankitaaarya@ankitaaarya4 жыл бұрын

    • @@ankitaaarya Now it has 4.35k lmaio

      @Thomas-rc9sc@Thomas-rc9sc4 жыл бұрын

    • I think you are right buddy

      @changwufei5@changwufei54 жыл бұрын

    • 10k subs before halloween. Calling it.

      @FleshToDust@FleshToDust4 жыл бұрын

    • @@Thomas-rc9sc yepp, now its 5.14k

      @ankitaaarya@ankitaaarya4 жыл бұрын

  • “When you build something for yourself you have much intuition for how to design and market the product. This is better than any market research you can do.” Love this

    @RyanSaplanPT@RyanSaplanPT4 жыл бұрын

  • This is one of the most genuine youtube channels out there.

    @NFSprostreet98@NFSprostreet984 жыл бұрын

  • will kwan thank you for being so transparent and honest about yourself it takes so much courage you have my full respect. im not even into coding and entrepenuer i just want to live off photography but still your videos teach so much about how career works. your existence is truely valuable for others.

    @angelofechter5666@angelofechter56664 жыл бұрын

  • Jr Techlead in the making.

    @blasttrash@blasttrash4 жыл бұрын

    • close your eyes and listen to his voice.. he's Ben Shapiro in the making

      @namesare4fools@namesare4fools4 жыл бұрын

    • @@namesare4fools no idea who this Bun Shapio is.

      @blasttrash@blasttrash4 жыл бұрын

    • @@blasttrash one of the last sane people on Earth ))

      @kirill4531@kirill45314 жыл бұрын

    • @@kirill4531 lolol psuedo-intellectuals unite

      @Rivabomb@Rivabomb4 жыл бұрын

    • Techlead is not legit

      @christianjamesguevarra6257@christianjamesguevarra62574 жыл бұрын

  • Your content is really good! Research materials, example clips, analysis and opinions is all solid gold.

    @rckahale@rckahale4 жыл бұрын

  • thanks for the video man. I wish I had discovered your channel earlier but hopefully its not too late

    @tayyabnouman8240@tayyabnouman824021 күн бұрын

  • more videos like this please. i wanna make my own business but i'm working full time at the same time. so few progress on my projects and i need motivation, seriously

    @shibakaneki555@shibakaneki5554 жыл бұрын

  • you are so right. i just feel that without a good mentor and a good story most people have to go through this themselves. you have to figure out how not to do something. thanks for the super inspirational video. rock on!

    @bantinggamer4962@bantinggamer49624 жыл бұрын

  • 1.5 months isn't that long. Just release it. I want to play the aquarium game!

    @dudebroepicgamer4847@dudebroepicgamer48474 жыл бұрын

    • i alsso

      @abdelrahmanshokr6536@abdelrahmanshokr65364 жыл бұрын

    • Me2 haha

      @SohailKhan-fb7gb@SohailKhan-fb7gb4 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for sharing your experiences for us!

    @LeveragedFinance@LeveragedFinance4 жыл бұрын

  • Love that you just keep going. No giving up. Love you.

    @brightcycles@brightcycles4 жыл бұрын

  • love your fresh perspective on the tech entepreneurship blend! brew it well!

    @iNucuXD@iNucuXD4 жыл бұрын

  • First time seeing your content; I loved the insight you provided and I think you're absolutely right!

    @richardantao3249@richardantao32494 жыл бұрын

  • Love your videos man, keep going 💪

    @jordysinke@jordysinke4 жыл бұрын

  • Appreciate the advice. I'm a CS student at UBC and I'm glad I discovered your channel. Keep the content coming!

    @jason3319@jason33194 жыл бұрын

    • Nice! A lot of my friends went there, though I went to U of T.

      @willkwan@willkwan4 жыл бұрын

  • Hey Will! This was very helpful for me. Thx for sharing experiences! I do not code or publish, but your message is valid over many fields of creative works! Thx

    @GortonaGaming@GortonaGaming4 жыл бұрын

  • 100% my story through yours. Hated mobile games, but loved game dev. Start with simple concepts and get use to failure. Failing is upwards in software development. Wish you the best of luck in the business, hope to see you in it someday.

    @Chris-kt9yq@Chris-kt9yq4 жыл бұрын

  • Oh my god! That death stare.... it’s like he’s looking right into my soul..

    @forsanityandreason5356@forsanityandreason53564 жыл бұрын

    • .

      @mayankraj2294@mayankraj22944 жыл бұрын

    • ikr, after a few minutes into the video I was embarrassed I never coded a successful app

      @ustiesto@ustiesto4 жыл бұрын

    • 1:16 you're welcome

      @syrenarch251@syrenarch2514 жыл бұрын

    • Haha, got him. He just looking through the wall, i dont have soul.

      @entnixe@entnixe4 жыл бұрын

  • I love this channel, also I don't think that any other channel that I have came across, Which have the this look in the eyes like it will kill you, if you don't watch the video completely... 😂😂😂

    @Deepankarsingh1993@Deepankarsingh19934 жыл бұрын

    • .

      @mayankraj2294@mayankraj22944 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for the honest advices man, your videos are really cool 🙂👌🏻

    @mnesvat@mnesvat4 жыл бұрын

  • Very straight forward and genuine. Thanks for sharing!

    @younggiltak7719@younggiltak77194 жыл бұрын

  • I am not a genius or even a crazy hard worker like you. But my logic is that: the money is in the people. Not the tech. Understand the people, understand why they do or do not do something . Then you build your stuff based on that knowledge. And that's it. Do you think that your addiction to DOTA is a random phenomenon? Nope there are people at Dota or Facebook or Kings (candy crush) who's job is to make people addict, with science. A book " Hooked" explain that . Good luck you deserve to make it bigger . Peace.

    @TheBlackManMythLegend@TheBlackManMythLegend4 жыл бұрын

    • Author?

      @vijay_pagare@vijay_pagare4 жыл бұрын

    • @@vijay_pagare Nir Eyal

      @ashishkulkarni2520@ashishkulkarni25204 жыл бұрын

    • I think DOTA being addictive is a pure accident. Dota was made by hobby programmers in 2003 and since 2008 the core gameplay has pretty much stayed the same. It just happened to become the best map for WC3

      @tapwater424@tapwater4244 жыл бұрын

    • Yes, the core mechanics are more or less the same as the original Dota. But there's a been a lot of development around that, many features, the feel of the game, the sound (don't underestimate sound) etc... that are designed to be addictive. If Dota was still the same old game with just better graphics, it wouldn't be anywhere nearly as popular.

      @Sevendogtags@Sevendogtags4 жыл бұрын

    • @@Sevendogtags Good take actually. I'd still argue most addictive games are not intended to be so. It's mostly after the fact that people have studied the properties of addictive apps and games.

      @tapwater424@tapwater4244 жыл бұрын

  • This man will never lose a staring contest. Now that's confidence!

    @mileslakewood8731@mileslakewood87313 жыл бұрын

  • Right now i'm exactly in the position you described with super aquarium. I'm developing a web app and the product is completed, but instead of showing it to people and start promoting it i'm adding features day after day without even having any feedback on usability or anything. Thank you for sharing your experience , dude!

    @mpwsh@mpwsh4 жыл бұрын

  • Brutal honesty man, love it, not what wantpreneurs want to hear but what they need to hear

    @clouis906@clouis9064 жыл бұрын

    • 'Wantrepreneur' 💀

      @thatryanp@thatryanp Жыл бұрын

  • You hit the nail on the head when you said the bit about developers thinking that adding features is productivity. I also liked what you said about leveraging social media, it's super important. But how do you balance the other hats you have to wear as an individual entrepreneur with building a social media following? It seems like such a big undertaking to create quality content. Also, as much as I like the idea of building a following, Id rather work on my business than in it, and doing something like a KZhead channel seems like a huge time commitment that requires my own personal time and attention. How do you handle something like that?

    @KyleShankin@KyleShankin4 жыл бұрын

    • If only this dude actually replied to any of his comments

      @ZVEKOfficial@ZVEKOfficial3 жыл бұрын

  • great advice, totally agree about the importance of allocating focus correctly

    @karlbooklover@karlbooklover4 жыл бұрын

  • you are charismatic, keep up the good work bro!

    @plc12234@plc122343 жыл бұрын

  • This guy is really awesome for being so honest

    @johnn4314@johnn43144 жыл бұрын

  • Cool video and thanks for posting. IMO, another reason why (fellow) software engineers struggle with startups/entrepreneurship is they can't sell. Not to throw darts, but the email pitch you did is a perfect example. An email pitch should be at most 3 lines selling the end result which you did address in the vid, after the fact. Typically developers are introverts and reserved and don't know the value they bring, not to mention outsourced labor is buckling the market. But thanks again for posting, I'm going to watch a few of your other vids in the near future!

    @CarlosHernandez-lb3wq@CarlosHernandez-lb3wq4 жыл бұрын

    • True, Steve Jobs was not an engineer or programmer but he is considered one of the biggest influencers in tech.

      @malcorub@malcorub4 жыл бұрын

  • Dude thanks. You've really cleared up a lot of things for me.

    @raphaeljaggerd3585@raphaeljaggerd35854 жыл бұрын

  • Keep on making software and business vids great content

    @ultralord2680@ultralord26804 жыл бұрын

  • Unique channel dude. Really liking it.

    @PranayPratyush@PranayPratyush4 жыл бұрын

  • It´s great to hear real life examples, thanks for sharing your experience! I was just hoping you had said the formal concepts, so people could look it up, like MVP, user testing, user research, ux writing, user flow, growth hacking. At the end, your main problems was because of design, that just shows the importance of a really well done research before beginning the development.

    @iandrabedin@iandrabedin4 жыл бұрын

  • Great, thank you for sharing your experience

    @vyacheslavzgordan6725@vyacheslavzgordan67254 жыл бұрын

  • This guy is probably the most ambitious and motivated person I have ever seen.

    @gauravshinde6306@gauravshinde63064 жыл бұрын

    • Other than TechLead or JomaTech or Tran. Gaaa mix and repeat 😞

      @conceptrat@conceptrat2 жыл бұрын

  • Techpreneur: (time > value > money). Keep doing you, Will! Sounds like you're on the right path and post more videos.

    @davidhahn7391@davidhahn73914 жыл бұрын

  • good advice dude. Thanks for sharing

    @mandelbro777@mandelbro7774 жыл бұрын

  • Yo that livestreaming fishing game sounds fire

    @DiggOlive@DiggOlive4 жыл бұрын

    • I know right! Engaging with those streaming the game?? I haven't heard that anywhere. But to be fair, I'm not really a gamer

      @PassportGods@PassportGods4 жыл бұрын

  • I quit a great job a couple years ago to start my own company and create an app called Sybily, which is a very different concept for social media. You give excellent advice on entrepreneurship and the challenges you encounter in starting a company.

    @sybily_du7456@sybily_du74564 жыл бұрын

    • Isn't your app just Facebook but the privacy controls are based on how much you interact with someone? why would people completely switch to a new social media out of the 1000s that are already available just for weird privacy controls. surely people that care about privacy would rather decide themselves went to share different stuff?

      @Synnipoe@Synnipoe4 жыл бұрын

    • Hey, I tested your app, is that the final version? I mean is it as it should be?

      @mattmattson4207@mattmattson42074 жыл бұрын

  • Nice video! I almost have my BS in Computer Science, and I'm trying to find out the best way to go. Keep the vids up! Cheers

    @ChristopherCameronAudiRepair@ChristopherCameronAudiRepair4 жыл бұрын

    • What did you end up doing?

      @devinkipp4344@devinkipp43444 жыл бұрын

  • You're doing a really VALUABLE job for actual engineer solopreneur out there , thanks.

    @ivoriankoua3916@ivoriankoua39164 жыл бұрын

  • You are good man. Thanks for sharing

    @arontuhafenihamukwaya2520@arontuhafenihamukwaya25204 жыл бұрын

  • Invaluable. Thank you .

    @mattgraves3709@mattgraves37093 жыл бұрын

  • Love this channel

    @pwan3971@pwan39713 жыл бұрын

  • My first startup was the same, I wasn't really interested but I thought it could make money. Subscribed.

    @jameshome4252@jameshome42524 жыл бұрын

  • AWESOME Really appreciated the tips

    @Pedro5antos_@Pedro5antos_3 жыл бұрын

  • You're a pretty good videographer, I just subscribed.

    @siyabonganobela2859@siyabonganobela28594 жыл бұрын

  • thank you. this made my day!

    @dila8621@dila86214 жыл бұрын

  • Nothing is random, it's your life path. You will be huge! Don't forget to buckle up because it's going to be a damn good ride!

    @tomdon3138@tomdon31384 жыл бұрын

  • Subscribed. I don't know who this guy is, but he is now my second favorite KZheadr. After The Techlead of course.

    @napalm_exe@napalm_exe4 жыл бұрын

    • Techlead is another whole mood you can't compare them lol

      @fridayimp7784@fridayimp77844 жыл бұрын

  • Men, please do more content. I'm so glad that youtube showed me this channel! I hope in the next series you will lunch a multi billion start up! Good luck!

    @leu2304@leu23044 жыл бұрын

  • Good work, I can totally relate.

    @benardirungu2449@benardirungu24494 жыл бұрын

  • Nice vid bro

    @AdamDawoodjee3@AdamDawoodjee33 жыл бұрын

  • Short, crisp, clear sentences that communicate what it does for the end user. Young men and women should be practicing this skill relentlessly

    @HouseFromSmartCity@HouseFromSmartCity4 жыл бұрын

  • Good video and advise

    @MarioScott@MarioScott4 жыл бұрын

  • I work as a software engineer but I want to sustain off personal projects alone. That's why i watch videos of people like you who enter the wild wild west of indie game entrepreneurship. I like your speech. It's really what I wanted to hear. I think you want to make more indie games since you talk about it so much

    @JimmyGeniusEllis@JimmyGeniusEllis4 жыл бұрын

  • really great video!

    @Othello379@Othello3794 жыл бұрын

  • Hi! Thank you for this feedback on your experience, I was about to make the mistakes you were talking about! :) Thank you for this nice video!

    @M0K0K0@M0K0K04 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks for making this video. I'm a visual designers that's interested in app/game development and I'm always curious how developers/programmers think and work.

    @AntonioManaligod@AntonioManaligod4 жыл бұрын

  • I love your videos and I want to get into the stuff that you work on, it would be a huge help if you explained which softwares you used to create your games. Thank you🙂

    @Mrpoopy5@Mrpoopy54 жыл бұрын

    • He used Unity3D and Android studio

      @MathieuPrevot@MathieuPrevot4 жыл бұрын

  • Yea this channel is gonna go viral

    @relakjdlkfja@relakjdlkfja4 жыл бұрын

  • You just earned yourself a subscriber. Congrats.

    @marks3208@marks32084 жыл бұрын

  • He should definetly write a book about this stuff!!!

    @stevensun369@stevensun3694 жыл бұрын

  • Will Kwan, you look like a nice person. Keep on going! :D

    @Othello379@Othello3794 жыл бұрын

  • Man, you’re amazing

    @basspalace2920@basspalace29204 жыл бұрын

  • Couldn't agree more there is a programming storm coming to social media. 🏄‍♂️

    @reecek1dd@reecek1dd4 жыл бұрын

  • I dunno man ... he looks like he's gonna be the next Asian version of Hannibal Lecter

    @mangowarrior@mangowarrior4 жыл бұрын

  • I loved watching this !

    @ussefdlxrd916@ussefdlxrd9164 жыл бұрын

  • Yo, this shitt is really usefull dude.. Thank you so much

    @mutumalensingh1523@mutumalensingh15234 жыл бұрын

  • god i love all of your videos

    @3moluvr@3moluvr4 жыл бұрын

  • More videos like this 🔥

    @jasoneddy5298@jasoneddy52984 жыл бұрын

    • Got lots coming!

      @willkwan@willkwan4 жыл бұрын

  • “This game design doesn’t even make any sense.” Lol

    @jooky87@jooky874 жыл бұрын

  • Solid advice.

    @olegbondarenko6149@olegbondarenko61494 жыл бұрын

  • After watching Simon Sinek video on Why, How and What video, this sure makes a lot of sense.

    @leaflo6960@leaflo69604 жыл бұрын

  • How do you get the graphic assets for your games, do you hire someone to make them or you make them by yourself? That's the part I'm struggling with...

    @Sesshoumaruoni@Sesshoumaruoni4 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you for sharing. I love the mic you are using, what's the name and where can I get one.

    @thegeeksvillage@thegeeksvillage4 жыл бұрын

  • Living Legend

    @rammaheshwari9748@rammaheshwari97484 жыл бұрын

  • This is the good sauce! Get the good sauce! Put the good sauce on everything!

    @sebastianwardana1527@sebastianwardana15274 жыл бұрын

  • Shit that fishing game sounds 🔥might have to steal your idea

    @benjaminchen4367@benjaminchen43674 жыл бұрын

  • Everything you said in this video that was just me, I spent a lot time and money adding features after features to a product that was cool but actually useless and didn't solve any problems

    @osasosazuwa5165@osasosazuwa51654 жыл бұрын

  • Hi Will , so business skills before coding skills, many young nerds need to understand this.

    @orlovskyconsultinggbr2849@orlovskyconsultinggbr28494 жыл бұрын

  • this some good content

    @alaingoldman@alaingoldman4 жыл бұрын

  • Most of channels braggle about how cool they are but he explains the possible mistakes. This is more useful

    @vikiv.1352@vikiv.13523 жыл бұрын

  • Kwan, you madman

    @adamday5045@adamday50454 жыл бұрын

  • It's a good learning experience for sure. But it's even better to learn from other's mistakes.

    @sor3999@sor39994 жыл бұрын

  • I feel like this channel is going to grow very fast.

    @MiketheCoder@MiketheCoder4 жыл бұрын

  • GJ Will Liked your video 112!

    @nilni@nilni4 жыл бұрын

  • Thank you

    @omancoding5687@omancoding56873 жыл бұрын

  • Holy shit. This is young TechLead

    @PotatoMagnet@PotatoMagnet4 жыл бұрын

  • You have some very good advice here, +1 and sub.

    @introversado7599@introversado75994 жыл бұрын

  • 0:16 "Even tho i dont make a ton" has nothing else in the room except laptop.

    @cuberton@cuberton4 жыл бұрын

    • Sweet laptop though

      @mattwilliams1844@mattwilliams18444 жыл бұрын

    • A distraction free room like that would be a dream for productivity though.

      @Luxalpa@Luxalpa4 жыл бұрын

  • Thanks, that's 8 minutes I'll never get back

    @jesuspunlay6957@jesuspunlay69578 ай бұрын

  • focusing on my projects for 14 months now but only achieving 20% of what i should.

    @DevAnon@DevAnon4 жыл бұрын

  • I always have this question, if you got a great idea for a start up, but your coding skills sucks so you quit, but then whats stopping you from comming back now with improved skills

    @darrenzou2483@darrenzou24834 жыл бұрын

  • IDK that fishing game looks kind of interesting. Something I'd play at work for sure.

    @DotSimLtd@DotSimLtd4 жыл бұрын

  • Very nice video ! The content of this channel is original.

    @jeanmichelsarr6040@jeanmichelsarr60404 жыл бұрын

  • When you're years into your first game and you know it's terrible but you sometimes forget how terrible it is.. but then Will, while staring into your souls, expresses how he feels like a month and a half is a large amount of time to waste

    @verzure@verzure4 жыл бұрын
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