You're not "just an engineer", you're "an engineer". No point in talking yourself down. I'm not sure how you'd go about building a company without building a p

You're not "just an engineer", you're "an engineer". No point in talking yourself down. I'm not sure how you'd go about building a company without building a product though. But perhaps if you build a product for yourself (as a side project) and learn about the ins and outs of marketing, shipping something yourself, etc.. you can eventually scale that up if it still interests you. Unless I misunderstood and you actually want to move into managing? In which case, I'm clueless. :-) Good luck!