Ex-ByteDance dev quits again to validate his one-person company plan with a calculated runway
yihui_indie · x · 2026-09-04
Chinese indie developer "Wang Shuaizhen" announced his second resignation from full-time work. In a video he explains why he left ByteDance's high-pressure environment, why he returned to a 965 job after quitting once, how he calculated his runway and prepared fallbacks, and his plan to validate his product, content, and business loop over the next year.
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