Networking, networking, networking. You need CTOs friends.

Before covid you would move somewhere where the market is good for engineers, kick it off with some CTOs sending your A-team of the best contractors ever. It's basically like getting a normal job but you're not selling yourself but a team of people.

Finding companies at the right stage or CTOs that get hired to transform companies is crucial.

Over time you can slowly disinvest from the company and start sending cheaper contractors and retire.