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365 Days Ago I Left Google: 3 Lessons I've Learned in Self-Employment

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Kevin Naughton Jr.
May 01, 2026
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Building Ferryman has involved plenty of trial and error, especially moving from the chaos of Telegram threads and spreadsheets for tracking my work to a proper system. Switching to Linear was the turning point, providing the most streamlined way to prioritize features while maintaining a high shipping velocity. If you want to clean up your own workflow…

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