It's not easy finding a job after being a founder. My experience is that years of {mediocre data scientist and AI}, {mediocre project manager}, {mediocre produ

It's not easy finding a job after being a founder. My experience is that years of {mediocre data scientist and AI}, {mediocre project manager}, {mediocre product manager}, {mediocre software developer}, {mediocre book-keeping and financial management experience} and {mediocre salesperson} doesn't line up very well with any job description that any company hires for. Sometimes product manager is the closest fit. I think in 6 months I've had two interviews in my own country, plus a few more overseas, none of which have led to anything. I've not quite -- but nearly -- given up searching. In the meantime, I'm still finding I can pitch ideas to people about software that they could use in their business (or sell to other people) and hack together things quickly enough to keep some money ticking over. It's not ideal, because I'm spending more time doing sales than doing development. It occasionally gets surreal, where I've been rejected for a role from a big corporate where I would be looking after a solution that I had sold and implemented for them -- but because I don't have big name employers on my resume, HR wouldn't put my name forward for it. There are also freelancer networks where you can keep your skills (not just coding skills, but other business skills as well) ticking over while you figure out what's next. It seems like most people can end up being happy in a lot of roles, it's mostly about the people you are spending time with. So a good place to start is to think about what sorts of organisations you want to be with, or who you want to be with rather than what you want to do. A nice book which might help is "Book yourself Solid" by Michael Port. It's mostly about how to run a services & consulting business, but he has some early chapters going through exercises that make you think about what you want to do. Perhaps the world needs a company who specialises in hiring ex-founders on the grounds that the market doesn't do a good job valuing them at the moment.