>It's a lot of greenfield design and development, which feels a lot like working in an early stage startup.
What does this mean?
Also how'd you get your first business?
What does this mean?
Also how'd you get your first business?
In software development “greenfield” generally refers to new systems development whereas “brownfield” refers to the maintenance, extension, or enhancement of existing systems and solutions.
As for first business, I built a very small network over 7 years working in house at an advertising agency (which did a lot of digital work) and some startups. While I was just an IC developer, because I could communicate with non-technical people well, I became the first point of contact for a lot of decision makers over time.
If you want to do solo technical consulting start making friends with non-technical people who are in leadership roles. It takes time but it does snowball.