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Moonlighting Mistakes?

Hi Everyone,
I am struggling with a concern that is preventing me from making the progress that I want to make. I searched the forums and couldn't find any pointers on how to deal with it.

I have spent a year building upon my idea which is starting to get some traction (users like it and traffic is from app store SEO). I am far from quitting the job to go full time. I know that I will need to keep moonlighting for atleast two more years.

But at this time in my side hustle, I need to show up (as founder) with my business to gain confidence of my customers, I also need to make videos and participate in content development (podcasts interviews) as part of content marketing strategy if I want to accelerate my user growth.

I work at a very large corp in customer facing role, my team and bosses don't know about the project. It is not an entrepreneurial friendly org atleast from where I stand. Although, my side hustle is completely unrelated to employment (so, no issues with non-compete etc), I am worried that if my bosses get to know about my interests then they will judge me negatively and my path within organization will become difficult.

I am wondering if anyone of you have opinions on:
1.) What mistakes to avoid in informing about side hustle at the current job?
2.) Intrinsically I think, the bosses that have corporate ladder mindset generally do not like a moonlighting employee, Am I wrong?
3.) For how long did you take before you started associating your name to the business while being employed elsewhere?

What mistakes would you like me to avoid?

on September 27, 2021