Never sold a start up but I left a career in biotechnology for web programming. Have bounced around some small agencies with saas apps and code bases I would de

Never sold a start up but I left a career in biotechnology for web programming. Have bounced around some small agencies with saas apps and code bases I would describe as corner case hack on top of corner case hack. After the last one ended badly I started my own thing and am reaching out directly to find some customers who don't care about changing the world, they just need some solid web help but not a full time web person. I'll be honest, I'm not sure where it's going to go. I did identify with some of your comments thugh. All the contract/fte job descriptions I see theses days are looking for experts in a wide range of technologies (frontend ninjas and backend rock stars ...) for jr to mid level positions. I just don't get it. When I was in the lab, even the sr research associates took several months before they had learned enough bout the way the group operated to take projects over in full. I started out of college, had a great mentor in the lab and it still took a year to learn stuff you can only learn on the job. Is programming different somehow? I dont think so but I didn't start dabbling in computers until later on in my twenties. ( note - anocedotal evidence of one) There is a weird dichotomy in tech. It seems that there are two perceptions I see. The first is that it is really hard and complicated (it is but no more so than analytical chemistry and LC-ms/ms) and the second is that everyone from jr level up should be figuring it out on their own from day one. I find this odd but I may not have worked for the most skilled companies in software development. What's frustrating is that no one else would call me back so I think for now, I'm going to go to focus on what I can do well and reach out to businesses in my area and see what they need done. If you want to talk, my email is I my profile I don't know if I can help or answer your questions but I am happy to listen.