On: You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make

[madamelic]

> Remember DHH started and built Basecamp 1.0 and rails while still working on his consultancy business 40 hours a week.

I don't want to assume anything, but from what you've said, it seems like scaling his time up and down as needed would've been very easy.

People with hardset 35 - 40 hour / week jobs where they aren't their own boss can't really scale time commitments that easily.

Otherwise, I definitely agree.

[parthdesai → madamelic]

Apparently he only worked one hour a day on it after working hours everyday. And by one hour, he meant proper one hour, without any distractions.