Ask HN: How can a software engineer with a broad skillset make money?
I've been pursuing my own projects for the past 5 years and dreaming about being an entrepreneur (aka the capitalist era Hercules) for the past 15.
I haven't succeeded, at least big time, yet. We also live in a very high cost of living location (mostly for the family/kid's sake if you wonder) so I can't really quit my job forever and continue my entrepreneurial journey full-time (I did a 1,5 year break previously and burnt through all savings though).
The question is, where do people like myself fit well in terms of full-time jobs and/or other ways of making money?
I am software engineer by training, but I've acquired business/marketing knowledge and skills over years, learnt accountability and people management, UI/UX and user interviews, bits of product thinking, analytics and decision making.
I feel like an entrepeneur, my skillset is very broad and, probably, quite shallow in some areas too. Perhaps it'd make a good CPO/CTO, in an early-stage company, but this comes with a tradeoff of being paid sometimes 2x less than a senior/staff at big tech and not much more than an engineer in a startup.
The reason I ask of course, is because while I'm experimenting, having fun and feeling good about myself, I feel like I am missing on lots of opportunities and probably being too risky about not buying a house while the clock is ticking.
Please share your experiences and thoughts, thanks!