How To "Cut Away", Live Your Dream, and Program RubyMotion Full Time or: How to Quit Your Job and Love Every Minute of it! Presented by Mark Rickert
Aug 12, 2015
How To "Cut Away", Live Your Dream,
and Program RubyMotion Full Time
or:How to Quit Your Job
and Love Every Minute of it!
Presented by Mark Rickert
Mark Rickert
“The Bad Boy of RubyMotion”- Gant Laborde
INSPIRATION:GTFO FTW: Hacking Your Lifestyle for Fun and Profit
https://youtu.be/tIXZrmtNpYw
“If you don’t step out of your comfort zone and face
your fears, the number of situations that make you uncomfortable will keep
growing.”
– Theo Pistorius
@markrickert
What I Wanted:
• Travel• Skydive• Meet new people• Live more simply• Live greener• Have awesome adventures• Make a good living doing what I love• Skydive
@markrickert
A Quitter?
How do I quit my job to achieve
the lifestyle I want?
@markrickert
Make a Plan:
Hope is not a plan
& a goal without a plan
is just a wish.
@markrickert
A SMART Plan:Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time-specific
I will quit my job and consult full time.
I will do this when I am making $X a
month.
NOT: I will quit and start making
$1MM/yr
NOT: I will quit tomorrow
I will do this within 6 months.
@markrickert
My Plan:
I want to travel the USA in a converted van full time and skydive.(Specific)
I’m going to do this when I’m billing 10+ hours a week on the side and have my emergency fund at $20,000. I will continue to stay debt-free. (Measurable/Achievable)
I’m going to leave my apartment in 3 months to go out on the road. (Realistic/Time-specific)
May 22, 2014
@markrickert
My Plan:June 25, 2014
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My Plan:August 15, 2014
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Execution:
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Execution:• Start moonlighting while still working full time
• My own products (2011…)• Consulting (2014….)
• Engage with open source community• Community recognition• Portfolio of reusable code• Goodwill• Likeminded clients find YOU!
• Take the leap
@markrickert
Become Prolific!• BubbleWrap• ProMotion• ProMotion-map• sugarcube• ib• rmq• cdq• redpotion• …
• motion_print
• reset-sim
• motion-takeoff
• motion-imager
• motion-csv
• motion-duration
• …
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Open Source:author:markrickertis:publicis:pris:mergedcreated:>=2013-07-02
304 merged pull requestsin the last 2 years
@markrickert
Help yourself & help others
at the same time!
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Pick a technology/stackand run with it
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Be Happy!
GRATUITOUS
SKYDIVING
THINGS@markrickert
“Extreme Hand Holding”
Landing AreaActive Gun Range
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@markrickert
In Summary:
@markrickert
Lather, Rinse, Repeat:
Have a dream
Make aplan
Executethe plan
BeHappy
Happy?N
o
NO
YES
@markrickert
FIN