I guess the problem is I dream of having the ... chutzpah (to use a cute word for it) to be comfortable enough in my own skin to code an idea and try to take mo

I guess the problem is I dream of having the ... chutzpah (to use a cute word for it) to be comfortable enough in my own skin to code an idea and try to take money for it, even as a minor side business. I am more or less a security engineer by trade (if we can really call that label a thing, I hate when people use engineer for this), but I feel authenticity comes off, as many tell me, as self-depracating. I am not sure how to find a mentor to push, but I do not even know a good sounding board for my ideas. How did you get that far, and how long did it take to be in a position where 1 led you to 2 and we get the articles you have been writing?