sreedhar

After seeing the state of school management apps, me and a friend started building this app 3 years back. We have 5 paying customers now who are paying monthly/yearly subscription fees.

How do we scale from here? How to get more customers other than spending on ads?

It is 25% less because i will no longer use my COBOL experience but will start working on node js, python etc. I will contribute with my domain knowledge. so it is a win-win.

May be they have a budget!

Thank you very much for the detailed advice and sharing your personal experience. Really appreciate it.

I am in my late 30s. So, I think it is probably not worth it considering all the uncertainties.

The startup is around for more than 7 years. Less than 15 people in the team. They got some funding recently and another partnership. Hence they are trying to grow their team.

The domain has some overlap with what I do. So, they will definitely gain from that from me. I think the Founders' exit strategy is to get acquired by some other big player.

They have been growing their product slowly as and when they get feature requests from their clients.

Thank you very much for the solid advice.

Thanks for the msg. Yes, I do have a family, home loan etc to pay for every month. So, it will be tough if they miss a salary. I will have to dig into my savings. They don't have any bonus or other benefits. And i need to travel more for this.

I think I can wear multiple hats. That should not be an issue.

hmm... i will have to think more on this.

The fact is I am not happy with my current job.

I agree :) How i wish that I go 10 years back and do something different!!

They know that I don't have c# exp. But do languages really matter? I feel logic matters the most!

Very true.