One route is to pick a niche hobby/interest of yours and build off of that. Find pain points and then write up an level of effort estimate for a software soluti

One route is to pick a niche hobby/interest of yours and build off of that. Find pain points and then write up an level of effort estimate for a software solution. Often there is little or no competition in these uber-small markets. Because you are your own customer, you might have a good idea of your monetization options. Even if you fail monetarily, at least you solved your pain point.