Good rant but seems like you already have your answer. You have been able to create a ~$500 MRR SAAS which a lot of great devs cannot/will not. Indie hacking is

Good rant but seems like you already have your answer. You have been able to create a ~$500 MRR SAAS which a lot of great devs cannot/will not. Indie hacking is your way to your freedom it seems like. "I'm just worried I won't make enough money fast enough, and I'll be back where I started, working for some goon company with clueless C-levels and processes fettered with incompetence" Define fast enough. If you can create $500 MRR in 5 months, is that not fast enough for you ? You do need to let go of the bitterness and the fact that you failed to hit big with startups (most startups fail). You will be ok. Figure out your goals and go from there.