Finding your limits, building your skills and knowing when to move on - with Adam Alton of FidlLeaf

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#065 - FidlLeaf co-founder, web developer, and musician Adam Alton explains how he single-handedly taught himself computer programming, built a career in web development, and decided to found an online personal wellbeing platform.

What you'll learn

• [0:47] Adam explains the concept behind online wellbeing and personal development platform FidLeaf and his role in it.
• [2:24] He narrates his background in music and how the necessity of building a website for his band led him to website creation.
• [7:54] He explains how he started to build websites and how he developed his knowledge through readily available resources.
• [13:52] The similarities between music composition and computer programming.
• [16:00] How Adam built up his own skills and experience before landing his first job as a web developer without specific qualifications.
• [21:55] Why there will be a demand for computer programming skills for many years yet.
• [28:00] Adam’s realisation that he had outgrown his position and wanted to found his own company.
• [30:36] Adam explains how he met his FidLeaf co-founder and worked to create a minimum viable product to take to the market.
• [33:28] Adam’s goal of growing the company and helping people rather than positioning it for a future sale.
• [34:45] How Adam and his co-founder regulate their relationship and how they’re now dealing with the critical stage at which FidlLeaf is now at.
• [36:13] The vision and goals of the FidlLeaf platform in its first year of existence.

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