I've always been an innovative engineer - seeing the world as a series of problems seeking solutions, many of which I've tinkered with over the years. But with the comfort of a well-paying and interesting job working on other people's solutions, developing some of MY solutions to the point of commercial viability just wasn't worth the risk.
After many months with no job offers, it became clear to me that my odds of finding another job were lower than my odds of successfully starting a new company to commercialize one of my best solution ideas. So a few months ago I decided to go-for-broke and spend all my time and remaining money developing this business idea. While it's been a lot more work than any job has ever required, this new company and product really IS taking off.
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