Gary Leech
PRO
@garyleech
2. Diving deep into Software Dev/Eng and AI.
@cat Many thanks for your 2nd follow up reply and your time for putting that together, again, much appreciated. You raise some smart points on managing relationships with people in platforms like this which was good to read and take note of. Feedback noted on SmallBets. For writing, I joined London Writers Salon 2 weeks ago, as well as Shut Up & Write. I have also started posting daily on 750words.com as well. I particularly find London Writers Salon really good. I am a member of a pretty good community for AI as well, which I have been a part of for the last 2 years and I recently joined a group for entrepreneurship which is going quite well as well. The last piece in the jigsaw for me right now is Software Development. But, after reading your comments about how to build relationships in Wip I think I can get quite a bit more out of this platform than I originally thought. Again, many thanks for your time in putting together your replies, much appreciated.
I'm glad you decided to give WIP a chance and get more involved in the community. There's a messaging feature available, too, so if you find someone who's doing similar things as you or who you vibe with, you can message them and see if they want to be accountability partners for even more support.
It sounds like you're trying out lots of things for everything else, so good luck!
@leifjerami Thanks for the reply and the comments on Indie Masterminds and Ramen Club, very much appreciated. Link on indieaction noted, thanks. I noticed Marc mentioned Hangout earlier in the thread, I will see if I can find the correct link for that.
@cat Many thanks for clarifying that point about how streaks work in that a person needs to post something at least once per day to keep their streak going. Point also noted about asking general Q&A questions, much appreciated on that as well. For the learning, recommendations noted.
Hi Ben,
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
Okay, so I just tested the Milestone feature. I guess I could use the Milestone feature to post when I have achieved a pre-defined milestone in my project.
And I just visited the Telegram page. Interestingly, I noticed a conversation in there just now which was not too dissimilar to my post.
I guess on reflection it is probably about item 1 (Regular check-ins with fellow developers - in a systematic scheduled way). It looks like on this site, a lot of it is around people posting what they are doing rather than say, having weekly catch up meetings with other members on Zoom etc.
I still have not figured out how the "Streak" system works, although my gut instinct is that the streak is simply how many times a person has posted on the site. Is that correct?
From reading a conversation in the Telegram WIP earlier today I think one of the big benefits of WIP is that there is a bit of camaraderie around building something in the world alongside seeing other people building things at the same time, as well as picking up ideas from other developers that can improve one's skills as a developer.
I will keep persevering with WIP, but I still think for me personally I need to also join a platform that has more of a systematic scheduled face to face online catch up (eg. weekly) with developers.
I think if I had been a software developer for 20 years and built 50+ applications WIP on its own would probably suffice, but as I am pretty new to software development I think I need that extra component to a platform, as well as WIP (hence, the reason for my original post).
Kind Regards,
Gary
To answer your question about the streak: It's not how many times overall, but it's a measure of daily check-ins. If you miss a day, you lose your streak. If you post multiple times in one day, you only get counted once for that day.
If you're looking for feedback or friendly support/questions, there's a place for that here as well. I've asked the most basic, ridiculous questions here, and I was always met with kindness and patience.
If you're looking to LEARN software dev, check out something like Skillshare, Udemy, or Coursera. (I personally really love Skillshare -- and not just because I'm an affiliate, but because they typically have project-based courses so it helps you learn faster.)
@cat Many thanks for clarifying that point about how streaks work in that a person needs to post something at least once per day to keep their streak going. Point also noted about asking general Q&A questions, much appreciated on that as well. For the learning, recommendations noted.
Hi folks,
To clear things up, this is a genuine post.
Genuinely curious on feedback on these 4 platforms.
And no, I am not here to plug these 4 sites like an affiliate, owner, part-owner, share-owner might do etc.
I am a new Pro member to WIP and I can see some of the benefits to WIP (eg. Posting your project build details as part of Building in Public; Posting ToDo's as a motivator to get tasks done; Hangouts to discuss projects and tools; Building the habit of shipping something every day; and you can likely find people to work with on projects in Wip;
But I can't seem to see some of the other features that the 4 groups I listed have. That is why I am asking.
Happy to listen to people point out some of the accountability features in Wip that I may not be seeing?
Kind Regards,
Gary
Okay, understood. I think the reason this is confusing to people is that it's as if you went to Google and asked their support "hey, what would you recommend for a search engine? I heard Yahoo is good!" It's a bit of a strange question to ask given that this is exactly what the site is about in the first place.
Moving on, you asked for 3 things:
1. Regular check-ins with fellow developers
2. A community that helps maintain momentum on projects
3. A supportive environment for sharing progress and challenges
And here's the features on WIP that solve for what you're asking for:
Your feed on WIP is full of regular checkins. There's a streak system and occasional hangouts (see hangouts tab for live video - believe this happens on a monthly cadence) to help keep you motivated to push more updates.
There's a community here with people asking questions/commenting on posts. There's also a WIP Telegram group so you can chat live.
The "milestones" feature when you go to create a new post is for sharing progress and challenges.
If you think something is missing to the point where you're considering other sites, why not submit some specific feedback on what you would want to see?
Hi Ben,
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
Okay, so I just tested the Milestone feature. I guess I could use the Milestone feature to post when I have achieved a pre-defined milestone in my project.
And I just visited the Telegram page. Interestingly, I noticed a conversation in there just now which was not too dissimilar to my post.
I guess on reflection it is probably about item 1 (Regular check-ins with fellow developers - in a systematic scheduled way). It looks like on this site, a lot of it is around people posting what they are doing rather than say, having weekly catch up meetings with other members on Zoom etc.
I still have not figured out how the "Streak" system works, although my gut instinct is that the streak is simply how many times a person has posted on the site. Is that correct?
From reading a conversation in the Telegram WIP earlier today I think one of the big benefits of WIP is that there is a bit of camaraderie around building something in the world alongside seeing other people building things at the same time, as well as picking up ideas from other developers that can improve one's skills as a developer.
I will keep persevering with WIP, but I still think for me personally I need to also join a platform that has more of a systematic scheduled face to face online catch up (eg. weekly) with developers.
I think if I had been a software developer for 20 years and built 50+ applications WIP on its own would probably suffice, but as I am pretty new to software development I think I need that extra component to a platform, as well as WIP (hence, the reason for my original post).
Kind Regards,
Gary
To answer your question about the streak: It's not how many times overall, but it's a measure of daily check-ins. If you miss a day, you lose your streak. If you post multiple times in one day, you only get counted once for that day.
If you're looking for feedback or friendly support/questions, there's a place for that here as well. I've asked the most basic, ridiculous questions here, and I was always met with kindness and patience.
If you're looking to LEARN software dev, check out something like Skillshare, Udemy, or Coursera. (I personally really love Skillshare -- and not just because I'm an affiliate, but because they typically have project-based courses so it helps you learn faster.)
@cat Many thanks for clarifying that point about how streaks work in that a person needs to post something at least once per day to keep their streak going. Point also noted about asking general Q&A questions, much appreciated on that as well. For the learning, recommendations noted.
@marc Probably a stupid question, but should thank link in your reply go to a hangouts page? I tried it but it gets a 404 response. I have had a look around the Wip dashboard and I cannot seem to find any links to Hangouts either.
Whoops! That should have been wip.co/hangout