[lucasyvas]

I think you may be right. Though, depending on where you live the supports for starting something vary wildly. And many people are in a position where it is riskier than ever financially to strike it out on their own.

It definitely feels like it's time for next wave of entrepreneurship, but the current environment may make it difficult to realize it.

I was laid off in the summer and tried some smaller ideas for a few months, but it is very hard to be a solo founder in my experience - way too much work wearing all hats. Fortunately I bagged a job to get income stream back in line, but in my gut I feel like I'm missing an opportunity.

I found that I just have too many financial responsibilities to take the leap without either/both a co-founder and seed funding (despite desperately clutching to the notion that bootstrapping is better). And that's hard for many right now.

[spamizbad]

For what it's worth, I'm not suggesting anyone who doesn't want to an entrepreneur to become one. For those who always wanted to do it, I'd say take your shot now while everyone's guard is down. Those efforts will ultimately create more engineering jobs and put more devs back to work - so for those folks who are ICs there's downstream benefits (if you're comfortable working at a startup that is)

[abirch]

Paul Graham agrees with you https://www.paulgraham.com/badeconomy.html