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Keep your job and build every morning from 6 to 9 a.m.

Reached ~$350K ARR before quitting; became unsustainable with two young kids

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What they did

Kept a full-time senior engineering job at Meta for salary and benefits while building nights and weekends; the main block was 6:00-9:00 a.m. before work. Quit only once the business was at ~$350K ARR and doing both was no longer sustainable.

What happened

Grew the business to ~$350K ARR without giving up salary, but running both with two young kids became unsustainable, so he quit.
Stage
early
Effort
About 4 years

In their words

Should I Quit My Job At Meta For My $30K/Month SaaS?

Play from 8:43
5:31

Pat WallsSo, if you've been looking for your next idea to build, the beginnings of that might be hiding right here in this database. If you want to grab it, you can just head to that link in the description and get it 100% for free. All right, let's get back to the video. So, what are your plans?

5:45

Matt RobinsonMy plan had always been to do both as long as I can, because it lets me build at a pace that I can keep sustainable to grow the business. But also, I don't have to take the risk of not having a salary, not having benefits or anything like that. But it's getting to the point now where two of them at the same time with two young kids is no longer sustainable.

6:01

Pat WallsWalk me through your thought process of essentially quitting that career and your emotions around that.

8:28

Pat WallsLet's talk about building while you have a full-time job. A lot of people watching this probably have tech job. They might be software engineers. What would be your advice on like how to actually ship, get customers, and balance full-time job without getting fired for that performance? What what's your advice?

8:43

Matt RobinsonYeah, I think time management is key. Set aside time in the day. For me, it was the morning, like 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and just wake up early and get it done.

8:50

Pat WallsA lot of people watching this channel are looking for that idea. "Oh, this golf app is really cool." What would be your advice for people who are trying to figure out what that thing is that could make $30,000 a month like your app?

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