It looks like you're a great engineer but not an "idea" dreamer (that's not bad news, since most people aren't). I think the best you can do to ensure your suc

It looks like you're a great engineer but not an "idea" dreamer (that's not bad news, since most people aren't). I think the best you can do to ensure your success is to make sure this is a problem with real demand--a great way to get started, since you're a great engineer, would be to do some software consulting for someone under the premise of you building software for your startup to sell and doing additional custom work for them (IP reasons). This is awesome because you essentially keep the lights on while being assisted by your customer in creating a product that has an actual need; whether that need extends beyond your customer is another story entirely--though, doing this a few times, you'll probably land on something universal.