[leakycap]

Working for others is a great way to support yourself while you build the framework of skills and routines that can support a business.

Freelancing or building your own businesses is more exhausting than having a job, so if you're feeling like a job might provide some relief - at least apply and try to get some interviews. You might be happier.

Don't be too hard on yourself in the meantime.

[failedagain]

Thanks. I think this is what I would advise anyone else. My judgment is surely clouded by fear. My worry is having a job will take away my time for hacking on novel stuff. But perhaps I should consider that the cost of capital.

[leakycap]

We don't often take our own advice for others because it is easy to think we're different.

Security of income from a job and and ability to explore and build something in your time outside working hours might be what you need. A lot of the companies we all think of as successes started as side jobs at first, it is more than just possible.

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As an aside, if you believe in the numbers game/batters odds "failedagain" as a username is to be expected - just don't be hard on yourself, learn what works and what doesn't and go forward honestly based on what you learned.