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From 9โ€‘toโ€‘5 Engineer to Indie Maker โ€œBalancing a 9โ€‘toโ€‘5 and shipping 25+ apps? Hereโ€™s why I donโ€™t believe in waiting for โ€˜the right time.โ€™โ€ I used to think Iโ€™d need years of experience before I could build something meaningful. That narrative changed when I began experimenting with small projects after work. At first I felt overwhelmed juggling my role at Capgemini with hobby coding sessions, but the first microโ€‘app I launchedโ€”an exchangeโ€‘rate converterโ€”got real users within days. One project turned into twentyโ€‘five mini apps, then 4 revenueโ€‘generating products under my own studio. Today I split my time between my day job and indie builds like Xlsheetย AI and Habitide, and the constant learning energizes me. Waiting for a mystical โ€œperfect ideaโ€ and feeling like a cog in the corporate machine. Building dozens of apps, shipping daily progress updates, and seeing strangers find value in my side projects. How do you carve out time for your side passions?

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