That's great, how's that working out ? Is it more or less the same ? Or are there major differences ?

It’s very different. Love not having to deal with others’ stresses, hate that I internalize a bunch more stress of my own instead

How’s that going? Do you see yourself going back to a 9-5 job in near future?

Getting to choose what I work on is great. Chasing down VC leads is not so great but I’m growing into it. I’m not sure what I’ll do if I run out of savings and support - I suppose I’ll look for a job with enough flexibility to let me keep building part time. Maybe contract work.

This is the way. Software devs can make so much money and have so much more control over their lives, instead of grinding FAANG.

It doesn't always work out like that. A lot of people out there who take a run at doing their own thing and can't make it profitable.

It's fun to reduce a job to "the grind" but sometimes dependable income and benefits are better than freedom and risk

Good luck!

what did you do? Consulting or your own product/startup?

Thanks! I'm building a new robotics framework, a competitor to ROS - https://www.basisrobotics.tech/