Steps I've been taking so far - I'm a self taught swe so I have built all sorts of apps professionally. From social apps to e commerce to b2b saas. I've also d

Steps I've been taking so far - I'm a self taught swe so I have built all sorts of apps professionally. From social apps to e commerce to b2b saas. I've also done everything from web, mobile, infra, data, etc. I love tech!! I'm also a big fan of optimizing processes, whether it was in my previous jobs like maintaining an office supply or cleaning. I like to help out my friends on their projects like building physical stuff or volunteering and then finding out their pain points and coming up with a plan and implementing it. I'd like to build all sorts of businesses. It has been something I've always wanted to do eventually. I think everything is doable, but it needs capital. I want to put everything I've earned into my current business, and see how far I can take it before I try to raise VC (no idea how that works tbh). I find that people who actually run businesses suffer from technology overwhelming them. They want a solution that works, but are forced to purchase multiple subscriptions and hardware solutions that don't work well. All the tools that do exist out there to solve these problems are really technical. Like think about Notion. Maybe you and I as tech workers can find it easy to use. Try getting an abuela or someone's abba who runs a shop to use it. Impossible. Even I find Notion hard to use at times and I consider myself a geek (definitely not at a Stanford level, but I try on my terms). So I've got a few pilot customers hopefully who will use my software. Through my software I hope people can build and sustain all sorts of businesses. Eventually I'd like to take a crack at the enterprise software behemoths. But that's way down the line, right now I'm just an ant :) In my case I grew up not that well off, and I'm a first gen immigrant. I am trying to become an entrepreneur while balancing a full time swe job. I have no fallback at all, and while I have no family of my own yet, I do have parents who gave me a shot at life in US. I can't just go for broke because they rely on me to some extent. I'd say it isn't difficult, but requires persistence. I'm sure if I had a foothold in this country I'd be quitting my job already and living off my savings, but unfortunately not in this lifetime. I'm hopeful that this year is a turning point for me. I'm in Bay Area for a while now, and hoping my hard work pays off. No revenue yet but I will get there :)