Unblock Monday

Describe a problem you're stuck with in a cast and I'll give you a cast-length suggestion (and may link to something else).

Like everything in this channel, people should feel free to jump in. AUA (ask us anything), not AMA.

I really want to build something of my own but struggle settling on an idea or finding one I truly resonate with (that someone else hasn’t already made a ton of headway on). 

Unsure if it’s a leap of faith issue, or too big expectations for the first thing I build 🤔

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Been in that state for a while, as a fellow designer you’re great at helping people build their products, you pair well with domain experts but you’re not a domain expert yourself in the same sense. One thing that helped me is getting into building anything interesting, it leads down a path from there.

Product & Design. Nature, music & stoicism. Helping people be free building the internet open payment protocol /paygrid & paygrid.network. Ex-Uber/Careem/Noon

Yeah totally, we have great problem sniffing and solving but the missing context is domain experience, so I’d start with a domain you like and solve a problem there you’ll end up with a bunch of 2nd or 3rd layer problems you can fix that are not crowded and if you like the domain you’ll be fired up!

Argh yes exactly! “I am good at building things for other people, why wouldn’t I build something for myself then?” 

Do you build whatever interests you even if it’s in a super saturated market and isn’t a “new” idea?