Joining Polar as an Advisor
10 hours ago
- Mitchell Hashimoto, co-founder of a successful company, has joined Polar as an advisor, driven by a personal mission to help developers get paid for working on their passion.
- From 2010-2012, he faced an impasse between his full-time job and growing passion projects, leading him to found a company as one path to monetize his work.
- He believes there are multiple viable paths for developers to earn from passion projects, not just venture capital-backed startups.
- After leaving his company in 2023, his goal is to support small developers in achieving sustainability and choice for their work.
- He only engages with projects he personally uses, and he is already using Polar for a private terminal project, ensuring hands-on advisory.
- His involvement began through discussions with Polar founder Birk about the Zig project, which evolved into a formal advisory role.