[ericmcer]

Do a bit of the groundwork first: Build a landing page, attach free tier analytics to it and start sharing it as much as you can (especially with strangers who are your target market).

Reddit is actually a great source for this, just find a subreddit that relates to what you want to do and direct message people who are active on it. Reddit will block you if you send a ton of messages but 2-3/minute should be fine. If you get terrible feedback or if you hate reaching out to people then you know it isn't for you.

I have a one year gap in my Resume where I built and launched a few products, I just list it as 'Solo Developer' and link to the projects. They all failed haha. It is not as beneficial as a year at Google, but it also hasn't been a huge deal.