About me, being focused, Sahil is building something new live on Youtube 🚀
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Hey there, This is the very first time I write a newsletter, so let’s start with a little bit of background. I’m Achraf, a French engineering student in applied math (data science) but also a freelance web developer and indie hacker. I started engineering school in September 2020, I was broke and had zero skills. I started tutoring to survive, but 6 months later, COVID hits, so I stopped tutoring and was financially fucked! However, at the beginning of the year I also started learning how to code and over the course of 6 months I was able to learn how to build fully-functional apps, so I reckoned I could start a freelancing business. In February 2021, I let everyone know about it, but I nothing happened for the next 4 months. In June, I finally have an opportunity to get started, which lead to a number of wild stories (maybe for another time). Long story short, after a couple gigs, I’m frustrated with how rushed the projects are. I wanted to build well-thought apps but it was nothing like that. So in October 2021 I start indie hacking - I built a new app every weekend and tried to see if people were interested (through Reddit.com, Twitter.com and IndieHacker.com). At some point, I start
About me, being focused, Sahil is building something new live on Youtube 🚀
About me, being focused, Sahil is building…
About me, being focused, Sahil is building something new live on Youtube 🚀
Hey there, This is the very first time I write a newsletter, so let’s start with a little bit of background. I’m Achraf, a French engineering student in applied math (data science) but also a freelance web developer and indie hacker. I started engineering school in September 2020, I was broke and had zero skills. I started tutoring to survive, but 6 months later, COVID hits, so I stopped tutoring and was financially fucked! However, at the beginning of the year I also started learning how to code and over the course of 6 months I was able to learn how to build fully-functional apps, so I reckoned I could start a freelancing business. In February 2021, I let everyone know about it, but I nothing happened for the next 4 months. In June, I finally have an opportunity to get started, which lead to a number of wild stories (maybe for another time). Long story short, after a couple gigs, I’m frustrated with how rushed the projects are. I wanted to build well-thought apps but it was nothing like that. So in October 2021 I start indie hacking - I built a new app every weekend and tried to see if people were interested (through Reddit.com, Twitter.com and IndieHacker.com). At some point, I start