10,000 where do i start - because this number means so much, and yet so little throughout my 20s, i did not have any social media presence whatsoever back in january 2023, i first became aware of indie hacking, build in public, etc when a common friend introduced me to @sobedominik this eventually, while doing freelance, made me start being active here on X, building ugly ass software products no one wanted it was soon after that i met my cofounder @fekdaoui, having a call with him & trying to license one of his products for the german market and this short call eventually morphed into @genviral_ & a partnership that's hopefully lasting many years to come meanwhile, being active on X has enabled me to meet so many other incredible people, ranging from the hacker house we did in bangkok all the way to the countless people i get to interact with on a daily basis yet, i would remiss to say that it hasn't also been a very challenging period being a founder, let alone in a competitive field such as social media, has forced me to be crazy active on almost every platform this comes with its own set of challenges, such as constantly being bombared by other peoples' successes (and inevitably comparing yourself to those), negative comments, and so forth i'm honestly still struggling every day in striking a healthy balance and finding joy in all of this what i guess i'm trying to say is that if you're just starting out, don't see having a big following as the end all, be all and instead, try to use it for what i hopefully get to do for many years to come: meeting incredible people <3