>The industry is really hot right now, and I can make great money if I just get a full-time job. ... >Should I just give up (grow up?) and get a job? Is it wo

>The industry is really hot right now, and I can make great money if I just get a full-time job. ... >Should I just give up (grow up?) and get a job? Is it worth pressing on here? I'm not consuming my savings, but neither am I making financial progress, and I'm not getting any younger Get a job Now! The whole startup/do-your-own-thing and "conquer the world" is mostly hype. The success stories you hear about are outliers and not the norm. So you need to cover your bases by getting a job and providing for your family first. You can go very far with a "normal" career in a "normal" company. You also say that you have been trying for the last 20 yrs and things did not pan out. This hints of deeper problems which you need to analyze but from a safe place i.e. not starving and having a steady income as a safety net. Relevant Reading: Nassim Taleb's Extremistan (unpredictable, large effects both +ve and -ve, black swan events) vs Mediocristan (predictable, small deviations, no black swans).