#210: Polymaths.

Published: Jan. 30, 2015, 3:47 p.m.

b'I\\u2019m not a huge fan of the term polymath. It sounds kinda pretentious but sometimes the best word for something is that way. Today I was struck by the wild variety of tasks and skills that it takes to run a business principally on your own. So I wanted to walk through some of disparate aspects of the \\u2018job\\u2019. Hopefully giving someone who is considering going out on their own some good food for thought.\\n\\nMy intention isn\\u2019t to scare anyone off, but just to help you understand the inherent complexity of this line of work, and an appreciation for the things other people handle for you in a J-O-B, job.\\n\\nGeneral Development\\n\\n\\nSoftware engineering\\nBug tracking\\nProduct Design\\nRelease planning\\nCustomer support\\nVersion Control\\niTunes Connect submission lifecycle\\n\\n\\n\\niOS Development\\n\\n\\nObjective C, Xcode, Interface Builder\\nDevice and iOS version management\\nPhotoshop, PaintCode\\nTesting / QA\\n\\n\\n\\nServer Development\\n\\n\\nRuby on Rails\\nPostgres\\nMemcached, nginx, redis\\nQueueing, sidekiq\\nLinux system administration, Backups, Security updates\\n\\n\\n\\nOperations\\n\\n\\niTunes Connect, contracts, payments,\\nAccounting, Taxes and banking.\\nBudgeting\\nCompliance, Local, State, Federal, Business Licenses\\nBenefits / Welness\\nGeneral hosting, email, domains, etc\\n\\n\\n\\nMarketing\\n\\n\\nWebsites\\n\\u2018Brand\\u2019, personal and otherwise\\nPhotoshop\\nMarketing concepts and ideas\\nMicroeconomics'