Ask HN: What should I do now to find my next project?
I'm 22. Over the past year I built a small Internet business that is making about $20k/month. The business is basically fully automated now.
My dream is to build a great consumer tech company, something like Google, Facebook or Reddit. I'm not interested in building B2B businesses. I'm interested in building something that a lot of people use.
This means I have:
- lots of free time
- no need to worry about money
- some money to put into my next project
- enough programming skills to build any website or mobile app
What I don't have: - Good connections for co-founders or investors (I'm a bit anti-social)
- US passport (I'm Canadian, but I want to move to US)
- Not much deep expertise in any leading technology
I've been quite frustrated recently. I finished building a new project that is not working right now, and I'm not really motivated to work on it anymore. I feel somewhat disconnected from building something "big".I realized that instead of jumping head-first into a new project, it may be worth taking the time to explore some things. However, "exploring" feels bad because I feel lost and purposeless. I realized that I'm the happiest when I'm working on some great project. Ironically, "work" isn't really work for me. I feel sad when I'm taking time off. My dream life would be to work 12 hours a day, every day, building a great company.
As I'm writing this, I feel pretty bad. I woke up this morning and didn't do anything "productive"; just reading and playing some games. I really want to work on something great but I have no idea how I'm supposed to find the next thing to work on.
If you were me, what would you do?