feyndev

I've been digging Warren Buffet and its appropriation of "moat" to describe competitive defense a business set up and grow over-time to prevent new market entrants to compete, or solidify a position.

A moat can be a strong and established brand like Coca-Cola or, if we take in marketplaces, AirBnB with their network effects.

When it comes to a white-label SaaS (for example, a simple accounting software) - how should we think about building and growing a moat?

I’ve been working as a full-stack developer for almost two years now, and I want to write better code. How can I learn how to code like i’m working at a top software company ? I would like to know the best practices that they use. I’m curious about any book recommendation or resource.

During the summer of 2019, I did a coding Bootcamp which helped me land a job in a new startup as a full-stack developer. I worked there for a year, part-time (I was studying undergraduate economics too). It made me understand that I want to build products with other people. At the end of May, I'll have finished my bachelor of economics. I applied for a couple of Master's degree (business school) but I'm not sure I should go. A bit of context, I live in France, school is free and my parents (from whom I'm financially dependent) believe that graduate school is the only way to get a job. I applied to competitive graduate programs that I find interesting but nothing like working at a startup. I fell in love with building software and constantly improving my skills. I found it so much more fulfilling than academics. After working at a startup and acquiring coding skills, I gained confidence in my problem-solving capabilities. I'm hesitating between going to graduate school in Paris, like my parents want me to, or work at a startup abroad.