[michepriest]

I'm retired from tech. Former product manager/intrapreneur and a bunch of other things. Burned out twice. Decided I was done working for someone else. Last year I sold my house with contents, rental property, business, and car to be nomadic and see the world.

I'm doing small projects for fun. My favourite is helping people get unstuck in 15 minutes with 3 questions. A few coaches have expressed interest in offering a similar service so it's accidentally turning into a micro-coaching business where people who don't normally have access to executive coaches and get help with something specific in a defined period of time.

My advice to people in tech who want to stay in tech, build stuff for yourself. If you're not sure how or don't have ideas, there are people who can teach you myself included

[bhavc]

Even though im a bit earlier in my career, i'd be interested in learning more about how you figured out what you wanted to build. I've been toying with the idea of building something myself for a long time but i can just never commit to an idea. I actually had an idea for building a coaching service as well after watching the show billions (wendy rhoades) and having a friend go through a messy separation so your comment really spoke to me

[michepriest]

I was in a bit of a funk when my dad passed away, and I got laid off last year. I didn't know what to do other than not have obligations (investors, employers, employees).

A friend of mine recommended I do 100DaysOfNoCode. That was a great suggestion. It's free. They send you an email every day with a 30 minute activity. The activities introduce you to a ton of tools. I learned about 20 new tools and built over 15 websites and apps.

Because you're starting with the technology you're almost forced to come up with business ideas.

I talk about it more in this loom video and also have 2 other ideas for generating ideas https://www.loom.com/share/22be41636f3a4c119f7e3d6497a03de4

I'm new to Hacker News so my apologies if video links aren't allowed

What I do myself and what I recommend is if you have a spark of inspiration for any idea, do something to action it (send an email, tell someone, build a landing page, etc). Follow your curiosity without expectations of any outcome. If you get early traction, keep advancing to the next step. Let go of things that don't interest you.

It's never too early to build something yourself. There are an insane amount of tools and opportunities. Imagine if you built 1 thing a month and had 3 things a year that you enjoy and generates a steady stream of revenue. Now image doing that for 10 years.