What you’re feeling is probably tied to an unspoken emotion. I say take some time to self reflect and just really ground yourself to your unique situation.

Then come back and start iterating. If your churn rate is an issue, that means LTV is down and your product has a specific life cycle.

If you’d like some help on that. Feel free to reach out via DM.

You can also consider VCs and angel investors, I personally wouldn’t get a loan anymore.

Not to say it’s a bad idea, it’s just a lot harder to do as a startup.

Software ideas are overrated, I say focus on the business side.

Enter an existing market, if you need help with this you can send me a DM. I’m basically a biz dev nowadays.

I also can get you connected with another biz dev that focuses on idea validation to PMF

Ideas are just that ideas, an experienced entrepreneur looks at the market and sells to a niche market

Sell a product people want to buy, not a product you think they want to buy

I learned this the hard way lmao

All software with decent CSS is lux software, change my mind

I’m a software engineer now entrepreneur.

I noticed this issue right away when I first started, many freelancers still think “9-5” and I don’t think they really understand how to do business.

They lack communication skills and don’t really know how to ask the right questions. I know because I struggled with this myself.

A good engineer should be able to troubleshoot all the problems themselves, the whole experience should feel like a “white glove” service.

My biggest advice is to network with other engineers that either run an agency/firm delivering “dev as a service”. Shop around a bit before you make any final decisions.

A place to find them is here on Reddit or Twitter, also LinkedIn is growing so I think that’s another great place. I’m personally on all 3.

Always sell what people want to buy

I wish people wanted to buy what I want to sell lol

I love this, a good way to rephrase it (change the mindset) is to view your employer as a client. If you can land that job, you can land any client

As long as systems that automate are being built, there’s always demand for a SWE.

SWE are definitely in high demand, it’s just shifted.

I think you’re only seeing it through the lens of an employee. Where you’re blindly applying to jobs, build a micro SaaS and promote it on TikTok. Watch how quickly your perspective changes