Thanks for the insightful reply as always Cat! Will reply on points individually.
Agreed, I've also made better connections directly and through events I host myself in the tech community.
In the current tech downmarket those sorts of boards have been less active, but yeah, I have heavy presence on a local Slack tech community and have built a network there. So the job board is useful, when people eventually get back to posting relevant freelance gigs. Great idea on being sneaky with looking at competitors!
100%. Ironically despite moving outside of Cape Town, I spend more time in industry events in CPT than ever before. I also host a niche tech community meetup. Maybe the calm town vibes are giving me more rest and energy to go out! So I have been wondering if just going full tilt and attending more of those events (and hosting more with the community) makes more sense than this sort of accidental split strategy I've had.
The main drawback I think is that networking like that will anchor me more to my locale - as someone with longer term plans of emigrating and travelling, I'm not 100% sure if that's a smart move. But then again that's also why I'm on WIP too - wanting to build my own SaaS for that independent income so I can do what I want globally anyway :)
Agree on setting boundaries - think this is also part of my problem. I have a bit of an addictive personality, so I tend to make a habit of checking Twitter and LinkedIn too often.
Thanks for reminding me of your Substack, need to go subscribe. Glad to hear it's not just me feeling this way though!
I'm a bit saturated on communities and groups for a while though thanks 😅 Though will go lurk on Superpath a bit
Thanks for the insightful reply as always Cat! Will reply on points individually.
Agreed, I've also made better connections directly and through events I host myself in the tech community.
In the current tech downmarket those sorts of boards have been less active, but yeah, I have heavy presence on a local Slack tech community and have built a network there. So the job board is useful, when people eventually get back to posting relevant freelance gigs. Great idea on being sneaky with looking at competitors!
100%. Ironically despite moving outside of Cape Town, I spend more time in industry events in CPT than ever before. I also host a niche tech community meetup. Maybe the calm town vibes are giving me more rest and energy to go out! So I have been wondering if just going full tilt and attending more of those events (and hosting more with the community) makes more sense than this sort of accidental split strategy I've had.
The main drawback I think is that networking like that will anchor me more to my locale - as someone with longer term plans of emigrating and travelling, I'm not 100% sure if that's a smart move. But then again that's also why I'm on WIP too - wanting to build my own SaaS for that independent income so I can do what I want globally anyway :)
Agree on setting boundaries - think this is also part of my problem. I have a bit of an addictive personality, so I tend to make a habit of checking Twitter and LinkedIn too often.
Thanks for reminding me of your Substack, need to go subscribe. Glad to hear it's not just me feeling this way though!
I'm a bit saturated on communities and groups for a while though thanks 😅 Though will go lurk on Superpath a bit