I think DHH would say you are doomed for failure unless you are on different continents. :)
It probably depends on how self-motivated you both are and if you are keeping day jobs. The biggest challenge I've seen is keeping momentum-- and either distance or outside responsibilities are often huge drags -- but only you can make the call ultimately. You could try going long distance with just clear terms laid out so that in three months if stuff isn't getting done you aren't stuck in a lousy partnership.
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I think DHH would say you are doomed for failure unless you are on different continents. :)
It probably depends on how self-motivated you both are and if you are keeping day jobs. The biggest challenge I've seen is keeping momentum-- and either distance or outside responsibilities are often huge drags -- but only you can make the call ultimately. You could try going long distance with just clear terms laid out so that in three months if stuff isn't getting done you aren't stuck in a lousy partnership.
Well you do know that 37Signals is distributed across the United States. AFAIK they only have a handful of dudes in the Chicago office.