Here's the great truth you've yet to learn: you're always going to get stuck "working" for someone, even if your app takes off. Either the biggest client(s), or

Here's the great truth you've yet to learn: you're always going to get stuck "working" for someone, even if your app takes off. Either the biggest client(s), or your majority shareholder(s), or the board. So my advice is still go get a real job at a successful small-to-medium sized company so you have a better chance of learning all aspects of running a business for a while. There's a reason the average age of successful start-up founders is 45: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/a-study-of-27-million-startups-found-ideal-age-to-start-a-business-and-its-much-older-than-you-think.html https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/a-study-of-27-million-startup...