I can relate to a lot of this. The customer emails in particular. I was experiencing flashbacks while reading the article.
Back in 2014-2015 I created a platform for building crypto trading bots in the browser with Python scripts. You could write a bot, backtest it and trade live on multiple exchanges. It was a lot of fun to build, initially. I kind of stumbled onto the idea without any trading background.
It got some early traction. So I raised $100k of funding and went all in on the idea. I worked like mad.
But I slowly realised that all of my customers were "technical analysis" bros. Basically horoscopes for trading. I received endless support requests for exotic new indicators and obscure features.
I added a marketplace that let you sell your bots to others. It quickly jumped up to $10k/mo in commission after the fee I took. That seemed bananas to me as a 24 year old.
But the bots being sold were pure snake oil. I distinctly remember that the guy who sold the most didn't even run his bot with his own money.
I felt like was running a gambling site. After 14 months of this I was completely burned out. I quit and I wasn't able to work at all for four months.
Back in 2014-2015 I created a platform for building crypto trading bots in the browser with Python scripts. You could write a bot, backtest it and trade live on multiple exchanges. It was a lot of fun to build, initially. I kind of stumbled onto the idea without any trading background.
It got some early traction. So I raised $100k of funding and went all in on the idea. I worked like mad.
But I slowly realised that all of my customers were "technical analysis" bros. Basically horoscopes for trading. I received endless support requests for exotic new indicators and obscure features.
I added a marketplace that let you sell your bots to others. It quickly jumped up to $10k/mo in commission after the fee I took. That seemed bananas to me as a 24 year old.
But the bots being sold were pure snake oil. I distinctly remember that the guy who sold the most didn't even run his bot with his own money.
I felt like was running a gambling site. After 14 months of this I was completely burned out. I quit and I wasn't able to work at all for four months.
Glad to see you figured out a smarter solution.