Why I Chose to Stay Indie as a Developer

Published on June 10, 2025

When I first started coding, it was just me, my laptop, and an idea. I didn’t have investors, mentors, or a fancy tech network—I just had hunger. And that hunger led me to two roads:

🚀 The Venture-Funded Dream

I’ve seen other young developers chase VC money early. It sounds awesome—boarding flights, flashy offices, fast growth. But I realized it usually comes with strings: deadlines, ROI pressure, endless metrics. I didn’t want to code for the sake of numbers. I wanted to build with heart.

🗝 Benefits of Going Indie

1. Creative freedom: The entire vision is mine. I experiment, pivot, or press pause without needing approval.
2. Lean mindset: No payrolls, no overhead—just pure code and users.
3. Real responsibility: Every line matters. Every bug lands with me. That pressure? It taught me more than any bootcamp.

💡 What It Taught Me

Being indie taught me about priorities: where to invest time, where to pivot, and where to ship. It forced me to become not just a coder, but a strategist, a marketer, a support engineer—rolls that I wear proudly.

🌱 The Indie Journey Continues

I’m building platforms like PVT Learning and the Tools Marketplace with human users in mind—not shareholders. I want products that solve real problems, priced fairly or given for free.

If you’ve ever felt like money or VC hype pulled you off track—remember: your code (and impact) can speak louder than funding deals.

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