I did this about a decade ago. I spent a couple of years just helping other people with web things (sort of consulting / freelancing, but more from an advice pe

I did this about a decade ago. I spent a couple of years just helping other people with web things (sort of consulting / freelancing, but more from an advice perspective than writing any code), and then some friends and I founded our first startup. It didn't work out in the end, but I had a fun 5 years or so learning a lot and helping people take their businesses online in ways that would be better than if I'd not been there. The startup, raising a couple of rounds, and closing down was quite fun too. I'm back being a proper developer again now. If you have the resources to do it without too much risk then I'd definitely recommend it. You'll get a lot from it in terms of personal development and skills, but you'll probably end up with less money than you went in with. You can always make more money though.