So…I’m a co-founder now?

Posted On: 2025-04-02

Didn’t see that coming 😅

When I quit my job, I wanted to go the solo developer path. Being independent and able to set my own terms and not have to deal with slow processes and corporate politics felt like a dream. That ended up being way harder than I thought, but I was lucky enough to land a client soon after putting myself out there: Sieve.

Being removed from pre-established technical standards and processes meant it was up to me to not just maintain code quality and best practices, but also to decide what those terms should mean. With no Designer or PM to work with meant I had to work around a lot of ambiguity and wear multiple hats. Well, here’s another hat for me to wear.

Part of me wanted to stay solo and independent. I wanted the freedom of not having to work full-time and build my own stuff, but reality has made it clear that I’m not great at building for myself. It’s something I still plan to work on, but until I get to that point I don’t think it’s justifiable to stay solo.

Part of me also didn’t think I qualified for the title. I knew there was a lot that I didn’t know and the past few months only validated that feeling. But no one knows everything, and it’s just a title. At least, that’s what I’ll keep telling myself. Being the only technical person may have some stress and pressure attached to it, but I don’t shy away from doing hard things. If anything, I’ve told myself to keep an open mind and to treat this as a learning experience since I probably won’t get a better time to do experiment with something riskier.

So here’s me acknowledging that I’m a technical co-founder at Sieve. I have a lot to learn and I’ll probably mess up a bunch but that’s just a part of the process. 🎉