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Alright, now that the cat's out of the bag and is official, let me tell you how all this started.
At the beginning of September, I came back from a three-week long vacation, and a lot has changed at Gumroad. Both in terms of how much stuff was shipped and
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People who apply
@gumroad
but fail to pass the trial often become discouraged or frustrated, and rarely try again.
The bar for working here is very high, making it difficult to get in and increasing the likelihood of not passing the trial.
If you read my story about how I
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Proud to be able to make Gumroad available to all 🇷🇴 Romanian creators after joining the team a few weeks ago.
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This is the main reason a lot of companies can’t make remote work work. They don’t trust the people they hire, which inevitably leads to micromanagement. Micromanagement results in an increased number of meetings, daily stand-ups, pings, ASAPs, so productivity is either at the
How to run a remote team
(Trust them to find what works for them)
(This generally works quite well)
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I think people underestimate how few companies that work like
@gumroad
are out there. Plus, having the opportunity to work alongside incredibly talented people and learn from them. So let’s see:
I’ll send $3,000 to whoever can reply to this post in the next 24 hrs with a list of
@RaulOnRails
@gumroad
maybe this is an ego thing but to me, taking this approach seems like a great way to end up working somewhere where they don't really value you or your skillset.
there are a lot of companies in the world, good engineers are in high demand, and companies make an effort to hire
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I'm launching my first AI startup today, and I want to celebrate it with you!
I'll give away $1,000 to one person who discovers the link to my new app (Hint: it's hidden somewhere here on X), drops it here as a reply, and likes this post.
I’ll random pick the winner in 24
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For anyone else trying to apply at any remote company:
- do some research on the company (check their website, blog, social media posts, and what others are saying about them)
- test out their products and find places of improvement
- follow the people within the company and
You need to do way more work than this (the average inbound I get) in order to get a remote job in this market.
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They say don't create a startup while contracting and raising a baby, but
@cursor_ai
,
@v0
and
@tailwindcss
changes the game of launching something.
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First stock options exercise through
@flexile
! 🥳
My goal is to own at least 1% of Gumroad in the next decade.
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You can tell by my heart rate when the public board meeting happened 😅
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You work at the right company when your CEO is on a coding spree.
When the CEO starts shipping code, it's a really good thing or a really bad thing
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Just watched the tour of HEY by
@jasonfried
. It's indeed mind-blowing and I can't wait to get my invite to ditch Gmail's ass for good. Thanks
@basecamp
for building another great product that will last until the end of the internet! 🙌
Take the tour
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I'm thrilled to announce that after 6 months, I'm ending my sabbatical to join
@gumroad
as a programmer! 😍
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Moved all my apps from Heroku to
@hatchboxio
🎉
👔 – our company
👨🏻💻 – a transparent job board
🧘 – promote healthy work cultures
🌳 – local recycling map
🙂 – me
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Here’s how I became a Gumroadian by applying the above:
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Working on
@flexile
feels like conquering law school—navigating US bureaucracy to streamline and revolutionize how people run their businesses.
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My first upsell on
@gumroad
🥹
I should receive my first payout as a creator next week 🙌🏻
I can’t believe it only took one Procreate animation made one afternoon. I’ll make one more. We’ll see how it goes 🤞🏻
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I took this course in February, and it's hands down the best investment I made in myself.
The cohort-based approach helps you receive invaluable feedback from
@shl
,
@juliemosow
, coaches, and peers, thanks to which you can perfect your idea and develop a minimalist mindset.
The second cohort of my Minimalist Entrepreneur course is in July, and registration is now open!
You can learn more and sign up here:
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Come work on awesome products with incredible people, choose how much you want to work, get paid in equity, receive dividends, unlimited time off, meet in-person at our yearly retreat.
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“Remind me in 17 years.” 🤩
What does retiring at Gumroad look like?
(Available for product designers, software engineers, and customer support people at the moment only)
- Get paid hourly ($125-$200/hr)
- Choose your equity split (0-80%)
- Get paid to exercise (= 409a price)
- Get paid dividends (6%
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Cha-ching! Just got my first $10 as a
@gumroad
creator 🥳
I created a beverage animation in Procreate a while ago and decided to offer it for free on Gumroad. And guess what? Some amazing people actually appreciated my work enough to pay for it. Thanks! 😊 Now I can officially
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It was SO amazing to meet everyone in person at the
@gumroad
retreat in Rome! These meetups help a lot when you’re a fully async company like we are. I’m grateful to be part of such an amazing team ❤️ See you all next year.
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Shipped this today! So feel free to DM me as well 🙋
Now live under rollout: project-based rates! 🎉
DM us with your Flexile email to turn it on for you.
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Unfortunately, nobody could find five companies that hire part-time, have a high pay rate (>$100/hr), and don't have any meetings. Ended up dropping the "no deadlines" and "equity split" criteria when looking at replies as I noticed it's just an unfair competition (as John, CEO
I think people underestimate how few companies that work like
@gumroad
are out there. Plus, having the opportunity to work alongside incredibly talented people and learn from them. So let’s see:
I’ll send $3,000 to whoever can reply to this post in the next 24 hrs with a list of
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@webdevgeek
@shl
Never gonna happen with Gumroad. It’s the best company I’ve ever worked with ❤️
@shl
always gave me his full trust and respect. I did the same for him.
This is just a way of applying what I’ve learned over the past years from his way of building products and see if it works.
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I am thrilled to announce that we have successfully shipped the 2023 Year in Review emails to over 55,000 creators. It brings me immense joy to see them sharing it on this platform and I’m incredibly grateful for the support of the
@gumroad
team ❤️ Being a part of this company
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For an amateur in photography like me, I could say that this milestone is pretty awesome. Long live
@unsplash
!
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Will happen during our 🇮🇹 Rome retreat next week 🙌
Tune into the next Gumroad public board meeting to see what we’re cooking for you!
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Tip for
#GumroadDay2024
:
Create a discount that starts at midnight and ends at the end of the day.
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Multiple people in this thread called out how the typical "Annual / Monthly" flow in SaaS can be confusing so we updated our checkout modal:
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We made it to NYC after ~19hrs! 🙌🏻 Flight was unexpectedly smooth with the baby 🥳
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@LBacaj
@dvassallo
I think it’s hard to root for someone else’s success unless you’re in the same boat as them, happy or already successful. Haven’t seen too much support on HN. Mostly nitpicking, criticism and demonstration of wittiness.
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Developers would be millionaires if they sold products as passionately as debating programming languages.
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Wife got sick during the weekend, had food poisoning or something, and has been feeling weak for the past couple of days. I've been taking care of the little one all day—waking up at 6 - 7am, cooking meals, cleaning up (oh, the mess!), going for walks in the park, playtime, nap,
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It ws also insightful to talk to our creators on Wednesday. A great way to know how they use Gumroad, get feedback on what we’ve shipped lately and what we can do better in the future.
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@dagorenouf
Slack
In other news,
@Slack
will also start deleting all your data by August 26, 2024 if you're on a free plan
They'll delete anything over 12 months old
That's 10+ years of tens of thousands of Slack community chats, photos and files history lost forever
It's really sad, and it's
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Just launch and see what happens. If it takes more than a week to build, you’re aiming too high and will lose your momentum.
Do you validate your project idea before launching or after?
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@VictorPontis
@dvassallo
@LumaHQ
Even so, he did say the intention was to buy a monthly subscription and not an annual, why not do a partial refund and switch the billing period?
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Overcome one of my greatest fears today: speak in front of people.
Just went on a
@joinClubhouse
stage for the first time and introduced myself and my business.
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Woohoo! It’s my 1000 day anniversary since I joined
@unsplash
🎉🎉🎉 What a privilege to be part of this sharing community! Thanks
@stephliverani
,
@mikaelcho
and the team for making this happen! I wish you many years of prosper.
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The more you study others’ success, the obscurer your own path to success becomes.
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Today is the day! 🚀
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At the beginning of October 2020, I planned to take a one-year long sabbatical starting in 2021 and gave a three-month notice to my client at that time. However, one week later, I got laid off instead.
After six months of engaging in pencil drawing, woodworking, reading,
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I built myself a bed in the wilderness and slept on it. How was your weekend?
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@dvassallo
I don’t remember ever losing a lid. Useless invention and mostly annoying as you can’t properly drink from the bottle. You always have to diligently arrange the lid when opening so it blocks itself and not get into your nose or cheek.
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You file taxes for over 1,500 US investors and they don’t even give you a US citizenship.
You wire $75,500 to the IRS and they don’t even say thank you.
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So far, the best place for the baby’s morning nap, by the pier near Brooklyn Bridge 😊
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Another feature I was able to ship to help creators make more money today, on
#GumroadDay
and every other day 🙌
🆕 You can now target your followers who are not yet your customers! For example, for
#GumroadDay
.
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Bought 13 .ro domains today targeted to the insurance industry to build better solutions for people who need medical, travel, home, car and CASCO insurances in 🇷🇴. So thrilled about this! 🙌
Thanks
@searchbound
for the inspiration on seizing good domain names 😊
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All our company websites
@usefathom
analytics, and we’re proud of it. Even our youngest SaaS that we’re gonna officially launch on the 1st of June uses it 😁
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Restarted work on a few wooden spoons. Using only hand tools: axe and knife.
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Taking care of a sick baby while me and my wife are also under the weather is 10x times tougher than a regular day.
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It's easy to seek empathy during tough times, but rare to find it in return. Those who do are your true friends.
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This was me! 🙌
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This year, on the 24th of December, I'm taking my income down to $0. I'm going on a sabbatical. It's my most expected Christmas gift. Our savings should last 9 months if nothing unexpected happens. I'll probably dedicate 6 months to work on my startup apps full-time 😊
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I’m officially entitled to tell dad jokes 🙌🏻 Meet Luiza 👧🏻 She’s 8 days old now.
I’m taking a 4-week paternity leave to help my wife and the little one with everything they need 😊 I’ll still lurk here and post every now and then. But not about Typescript vs Javascript.
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@Wise
The Aurora borealis.
Took this photo 7 years ago in Iceland where I also proposed to my wife 💍
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There will be an abundance of “How I retired from programming” stories in 20-30 years.
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🚀 Big news! The
@gumroad
programmer with a flair for art is dropping a fresh animation just as promised, before Black Friday – and it's free of charge! 🎉
Plus, don't miss out on my Black Friday exclusive: a massive 80% off on a unique animation depicting that famous Friday
Honestly, this is not so bad for an animation made by a programmer and offered for free w/ a pay-what-you-want option. Downloaded 150+ times and 16 people decided to pay for it.
I'll make another animation before Black Friday. One-word teaser: meetings.
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Cursor tip: You can use the chat to ask for a summary of the things that got shipped while you were on vacation 😄
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Always read with a positive tone first. Too often, people take written words too personally.
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Looks like I made it in the top 10 twitter drama list last week 😂
Twitter tech drama recap:
1) Dudes got into YC and everyone got so jealous to say forking open source is illegal.
2) An indie hacker started a war after not being feature by Product Hunt. I made an acquisition/partner offer to PH. If rejected, I’ll launch my own.
3) DHH said
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Had my one-year
@gumroad
anniversary recently 🎂 incredibly grateful to be able to work with amazing people, learn and grow every day, and help creators make more money! ❤️
Best work environment so far: part-time, same pay—no matter where you live—, truly async, full autonomy.
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The beauty of working at companies like
@gumroad
is that you’re in control of your own schedule.
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@oorestisime
@dhh
Haha! Me too. I wished I could configure gmail to send me a notification when an email from
@basecamp
.com or
@hey
.com gets in my inbox so I don't have to check my email constantly for the past 3 days 😂 I guess that's only gonna be a HEY feature.
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I’m one of them 🥹
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4 more hours to reply and get a chance to win $3,000.
I think people underestimate how few companies that work like
@gumroad
are out there. Plus, having the opportunity to work alongside incredibly talented people and learn from them. So let’s see:
I’ll send $3,000 to whoever can reply to this post in the next 24 hrs with a list of
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@dhh
I guess the so called “managers” want these tools to prove their “work” to the people above because they’re incapable of creating decent processes that helps the team move forward and offer them autonomy.
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