I wonder if you could start by buying the equipment, and popping fliers around your neighborhood, and doing the work yourself nights-and-weekends, sorta dog-food your own business, until it's stable enough to hire a neighborhood kid to do the work for you.
I mowed lawns and shoveled driveways growing up (suburban kid) and found it to be rather enjoyable and satisfying.
But yeah, tech salaries have been drafting on the VC over-investment for a while. I was never at $250k+ with equity, but it's a bitter pill to swallow.
In some ways, though, it'll build empathy for how the rest of the world lives/works.
Earning so much money doing nothing more difficult then pressing buttons on a box is pretty cool.
I wonder if you could start by buying the equipment, and popping fliers around your neighborhood, and doing the work yourself nights-and-weekends, sorta dog-food your own business, until it's stable enough to hire a neighborhood kid to do the work for you.
I mowed lawns and shoveled driveways growing up (suburban kid) and found it to be rather enjoyable and satisfying.
But yeah, tech salaries have been drafting on the VC over-investment for a while. I was never at $250k+ with equity, but it's a bitter pill to swallow.
In some ways, though, it'll build empathy for how the rest of the world lives/works.
Earning so much money doing nothing more difficult then pressing buttons on a box is pretty cool.