I started working at a web dev job that paid less than being a manager at KFC. This was poor PMF - the employer assumed that someone like me was a commodity that they could replace for a similar price, when I really just wanted to learn.
I took a large chunk of money, sold coffee. We made good money. But in those weeks, I got calls from former colleagues asking me to freelance, and they were paying way better than the coffee business. This was PMF - there was plenty of demand for Android devs in 2013.
After freelancing and failing projects for reasons out of mt control, I quit upon realizing that there were no good entrepreneurs. The market had a huge hole for startup leaders. I founded a startup. We got in a lot of programs because we fulfilled the requirements of having enough potential. Also customers actually bought our stuff, meaning we met some markets. But we didn't fit the VC market - the VCs wanted something sexier. But our startup had an actual value to someone and we sold it for good money.
So, I suppose you can keep chasing PMF. You might have to switch fields a lot - an app developer for a hospital can bring more value than an app developer on a web-first company.
Generally the best places are the ones that are making lots of money, but need something to spend it on. It can be enterprise. It can be a consulting gig for a failing company, or a rapidly growing startup.
I took a large chunk of money, sold coffee. We made good money. But in those weeks, I got calls from former colleagues asking me to freelance, and they were paying way better than the coffee business. This was PMF - there was plenty of demand for Android devs in 2013.
After freelancing and failing projects for reasons out of mt control, I quit upon realizing that there were no good entrepreneurs. The market had a huge hole for startup leaders. I founded a startup. We got in a lot of programs because we fulfilled the requirements of having enough potential. Also customers actually bought our stuff, meaning we met some markets. But we didn't fit the VC market - the VCs wanted something sexier. But our startup had an actual value to someone and we sold it for good money.
So, I suppose you can keep chasing PMF. You might have to switch fields a lot - an app developer for a hospital can bring more value than an app developer on a web-first company.
Generally the best places are the ones that are making lots of money, but need something to spend it on. It can be enterprise. It can be a consulting gig for a failing company, or a rapidly growing startup.