Wow, that was insanely informative, thank you.

I especially liked how honest she was about the difficulty with finding engineers. Something I didn't think about.

Since I'm hoping to focus on more independent people (freelancers and agencies) as opposed to employees, hopefully I won't need to keep finding new engineers as regularly. But I could definitely see where I say, "you need agency X or y" and both are too busy to take on a project. Definitely wasn't thinking about that potential headache.

Aline is one of the most helpful people I've met. I'd encourage you to contact her if you're seriously considering this, she may be able to point you in the right direction.