215: From Side Project to Full Time via Watch Faces with David Whittaker and Ross Manges
06/14/21 • 50 min
In this episode, Donn talks to David and Ross from Squeaky Dog Studios about building a business out of a side project.
David and Ross are long-time serial side project developers with experience that dates back to the Palm era. They've built games, apps, and now Watch Faces.
We dive deep into how they went from building their watch faces for Android as a side project and how they turned it into a full-time business in which one of the co-founders works full-time. We talk about building the app, pricing, support, which features to build, paid vs free, trial conversions, supporting your app and much much more.
If you've ever wanted to build a side project into a business, and it's app-based... this one is for you.
Links from the show
David and Ross's Links
Android Apps by Squeaky Dog Studios on Google Play
Other links by Squeaky Dog Studios
AndroidJobs.IO
- Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
- Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
- AndroidJobs.IO
Donn's Free E-Book on Freelancing/Consulting Rates
Contact
@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel
@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)
Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn's YouTube)
kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or blog.kaush.co or @kaushikgopal
Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.
In this episode, Donn talks to David and Ross from Squeaky Dog Studios about building a business out of a side project.
David and Ross are long-time serial side project developers with experience that dates back to the Palm era. They've built games, apps, and now Watch Faces.
We dive deep into how they went from building their watch faces for Android as a side project and how they turned it into a full-time business in which one of the co-founders works full-time. We talk about building the app, pricing, support, which features to build, paid vs free, trial conversions, supporting your app and much much more.
If you've ever wanted to build a side project into a business, and it's app-based... this one is for you.
Links from the show
David and Ross's Links
Android Apps by Squeaky Dog Studios on Google Play
Other links by Squeaky Dog Studios
AndroidJobs.IO
- Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
- Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
- AndroidJobs.IO
Donn's Free E-Book on Freelancing/Consulting Rates
Contact
@fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel
@donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)
Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn's YouTube)
kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or blog.kaush.co or @kaushikgopal
Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.
Previous Episode
214: 3 Things Every Developer Needs To Know How To Do
In this episode, Donn talks about the three things that every developer needs to know how to do.
These three things include:
- How to identify and stop premature optimization
- How to write tests and know the difference between unit, integration and end-to-end tests.
- How to set up a continuous integration server While there are vast arrays of other things all developers need to know how to do, and we will cover them in future episodes, this small list will help you vastly in your career. It has helped mine (Donn) a ton.
Links from the show
Continuous Integration Server PlatformsBookAndroidJobs.IO
- Job postigns are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
- Sign up to get notififed of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
- AndroidJobs.IO
Donn's Free E-Book on Freelancing Rates
Contact
- @fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel
- @donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)
- Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn's YouTube)
- kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or blog.kaush.co or @kaushikgopal
- Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.
Next Episode
216: Code Conventions - Why It's Important to Follow Them
In this episode, Donn talks about the importance of following code conventions and coding styles in codebases.
You'll run into various different coding conventions throughout your career. Sometimes it's as an employee, sometimes it's as a freelancer or consultant or just a small side project. The number of coding "styles" that you'll see will blow your mind as you work through your career. The big question is ... should you adhere to the current coding convention that is used in the app/file/etc or should you use your own favorite or an industry standard?
In this episode, I'll help explain the differences so you can make an informed decision going forward.
Links from the show
AndroidJobs.IO
- Job postings are FREE on AndroidJobs.IO during the early release phase (at the time of this recording).
- Sign up to get notified of new jobs on a weekly basis as well.
- AndroidJobs.IO
Donn's Free E-Book on Freelancing/Consulting Rates
Contact
- @fragmentedcast or our Youtube channel
- @donnfelker and donnfelker (on Instagram)
- Freelancing for Mobile Developers (Donn's YouTube)
- kaushikgopal (on YouTube) or blog.kaush.co or @kaushikgopal
- Disclaimer: Many of the links we share to products are affiliate links. They help support the production of Fragmented. Thank you for your support.
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