Hopefully it's ok to ask this here, but I'm kind of at a loss of what to do. I really have that itch to do something on my own and, in some ways, outside of just trying to make more money. I really just want to be making my own decisions. My brother and I do a lot of renovation work on our own houses and have been picking up a few jobs here and there for others because of the sorry state of contractors right now. I really enjoy that type of work, but I also can't escape the knowledge that no matter how much handyman work I do I can make a ton more money using my software skills. I'm currently a Software Architect, but I've moved through most of the ranks of software development. I'm perfectly capable of taking most normal business custom software applications from absolutely nothing to a fully scalable and highly available thing. I'm not bragging about that, I've just been lucky enough to have in depth exposure to most of the facets of making software. The problem is that I just cannot come up with something that seems viable to me as a product that I could build on my own. Everything you read on here tells you to fix some problem that you know about, or to create a better solution to something that you know is lacking. I don't know if I just have zero creative ability, but I cannot for the life of me come up with these things.Usually people recommend making something related to hobbies. I don't really have hobbies, I do projects on my house and I'm a father and husband, that's mostly it. I'm also the complete opposite of what most people think of when they think of software engineers. I don't live in California, I live in BFE and I really enjoy it that way. I don't go to nightclubs, care much about restaurants, or play video games. I make software and when I'm not doing that I'm doing construction, driving a tractor on the family farm, or going hunting. The cliche of a software engineer being nerdy and uncommunicative is not really my experience, but some people hold that belief. I'm not that type of person either. I'm very social and feel like I could do sales or some other highly social job quite easily and sometimes it sounds like a dream. I just know that with my skillset I could take a good crack at bringing something to market, I just cannot for the life of me come up with what that thing could be. I would appreciate any insight from anyone who has experienced this sort of paralysis. I absolutely want to escape the grind and take my life into my own hands and I'm open to anything. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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