Got fired without warning from my first real programming job. It was probably personality differences with the company owner, but it did teach me that I am not built to work collaboratively on software.

Became a school bus driver. Quit when the school district was asking me to drive in an unsafe way. (Too fast for my experience level.)

Tried to become a helicopter pilot. The FAA grounded me for life.

Now trying to start a software business with software I wrote alone from scratch. It would be a professional services business, not selling the software, which will be FOSS.

I have a few backup plans if that fails. For example, I've already written a book when I was a teen, but didn't like it, so I deleted it. I'm trying to write another now.

I can only do this because my wife has a job. Thank goodness for her and her patience.