Episode 7: Mike Perham
Indiedotes Podcast
English - August 15, 2017 01:59 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCareers Business Technology development technology ruby ruby on rails rails careers programming developer tech software Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sidekiq creator Mike Perham talks about how he build a sustainble business model on top of an open source project.
Show Notes:
After a decade as a Java developer, open source helped Mike Perham build a name for himself in the Ruby world. He saw the open source burnout pattern happen over and over. He didn't want it to happen to him. So even though it went against industry norms, Mike started Sidekiq with the intention of making money.
“I’m a creator and I love building tools.”
After five years, Sidekiq has more than 11 million downloads and has surpassed his goal of making $1M without taking a cent of investor money. Hear why it’s important to avoid what he calls “Tip Jar Mindset” and how he turned his project from making him $1/hour to the robust business it is today.
What to read: Avoiding burnout
Show Links:
Mike Perham websiteMike Perham TwitterSidekiqHow to charge for open sourceHow to make 100k in open source 11.2 million downloads!