How do you feel, currently, about taking up all the roles yourself: game developer, marketing/social media guy, community manager, and some other roles?
If you're presented with two options: taking up all the roles yourself, or taking up some of them and seeking other people to help you with the other roles:
Which option helps you finish your projects more quickly and/or with a better outcome?
In a perfect world, I'd have found a friend earlier in life who was similar enough to me that we'd get along easily in a casual social setting first, but who had strengths in the areas I'm lacking so then we could work together professionally and mutually benefit from it.
Now, though, what exactly are my options for seeking other people to work with?
Would I seek out professionals and pay them? With what money? Those who'd work on the assurance that they might get money in the end are unlikely to have the level of skill to be of use (because if they did, they'd be charging for it).
Even if I did find someone willing to help for a percentage of the earnings or something, they'd likely have the sort of personality that's comfortable taking advantage of or manipulating others (why else would they have gone into marketing?), so why wouldn't they try to take advantage of me, skewing things heavily in their favour? Especially if they didn't already know me.
Similar (but not identical) issues arise with running a non-toxic community. The first two entries on the list you linked to mention relying on trusted others to manage stuff you don't want to. But where am I to find these people in the first place? I've talked about it with some people who've been following me for years, but some said they didn't want to, and with the others, I don't know well enough that they'd run the community in a way I'd be comfortable with.
It's all a bit like looking for a job and finding out that nobody will hire you unless you already have one, or something.
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kidupiscean37~1Y
True, there are difficulties associated with different options, as mentioned in your reply. Inevitably all options will involve some give and take (if you do it all by yourself, it may take a longer time but you have greater control; if you hire others, they may be more professional but you have less control). Hope you can find an option that suits you the most in achieving your goals.
If you're presented with two options: taking up all the roles yourself, or taking up some of them and seeking other people to help you with the other roles:
Which option helps you finish your projects more quickly and/or with a better outcome?
Which option is easier for you ultimately?
Which option do you prefer?
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Now, though, what exactly are my options for seeking other people to work with?
Would I seek out professionals and pay them? With what money? Those who'd work on the assurance that they might get money in the end are unlikely to have the level of skill to be of use (because if they did, they'd be charging for it).
Even if I did find someone willing to help for a percentage of the earnings or something, they'd likely have the sort of personality that's comfortable taking advantage of or manipulating others (why else would they have gone into marketing?), so why wouldn't they try to take advantage of me, skewing things heavily in their favour? Especially if they didn't already know me.
Similar (but not identical) issues arise with running a non-toxic community. The first two entries on the list you linked to mention relying on trusted others to manage stuff you don't want to. But where am I to find these people in the first place? I've talked about it with some people who've been following me for years, but some said they didn't want to, and with the others, I don't know well enough that they'd run the community in a way I'd be comfortable with.
It's all a bit like looking for a job and finding out that nobody will hire you unless you already have one, or something.