GetFired – Two Months In
The launch went well, the reception has been better than I dared hope, and the next chapter is already taking shape.
A couple of months ago, GetFired.au quietly went live. No big launch campaign, no press push – just a soft release in mid-March to see whether the thing I'd been building actually resonated.
It has.
The reception
I'll keep the specifics light, but the headline is this: the launch landed, the reception has been overwhelmingly positive, and I'm genuinely energised by where things are going.
The thing that's surprised me most is the organic momentum. Australians in the FIRE community have started recommending the app to each other – including unprompted posts on Reddit from people I've never spoken to, telling other Aussies to give it a try. That kind of word-of-mouth is the signal you can't manufacture. You either built something people want to talk about, or you didn't.
It turns out we did.
What I've learnt from real users
The MVP did its job. It validated the core thesis – that there's a real appetite among Australians for a FIRE platform built from the ground up around Australian tax, super, and household financial reality – and it gave me something even more valuable: a small but engaged user base who actually use the thing, week after week, and tell me what's missing.
That feedback has shaped everything that's come next.
What's coming
The version of GetFired that's live today is, deliberately, an MVP. It does one thing – FIRE modelling for Australians – and it does it better than anything else I've found.
But it was never meant to stop there.
I've been heads-down for weeks on what's effectively a generational leap for the platform. The next release takes GetFired from "the best Australian FIRE calculator" to a full-featured FIRE platform. I'm not going to spoil it here – the competitive landscape has heated up over the past few months and there's no upside in telegraphing the roadmap – but if you're a current user, you're going to notice.
If you're not yet a user, this is a good moment to sign up and come along for the ride.
Thank you
To the early members who took a punt on an unknown app – thank you. To the people quietly recommending it on Reddit and in group chats – I see you, and it means more than you know. And to everyone who's sent feedback, found bugs, or asked for a feature: you're shaping this product in real time.
More soon.