[CM30]

The job market is an absolute trainwreck right now. Been looking for a few months or so, and despite a fairly decent number of interviews, it's been miserable finding anything resembling a good job as a web developer or software engineer. Hundreds of applications for every role, most people getting a one line rejection or ignored outright, interviewers ghosting you after multiple rounds of interviews, being told you were the 2nd or 3rd best candidate and missing out on the offer by some ridiculously tiny amount...

It's become incredibly disheartening, and made me genuinely consider either trying to enter a different line of work, or trying to become a successful creator/entrepreneur instead.

Honestly, I'd say you should continue the startup, since you've got some traction so far and the odds of that becoming sustainable seem about as good (terrible) as getting a traditional job in many industries.