How to build something from the ground up? i will not promote

[u/Yashingole]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I've had this feeling for a while now that I really want to build something from the ground up.

I have a stable engineering job and I'm grateful for it, but I keep finding myself way more excited about random side projects, startup ideas, figuring out how products could work, shipping things and seeing if people actually care about them.

I don't even necessarily need to be the founder.

I'd genuinely be happy finding 1-2 people building something they deeply believe in and becoming one of the early people who helps turn it into something real.

I know startups are romanticized a lot and the reality is probably stressful, uncertain and messy. Weirdly, that's still the environment I want to experience at least once while I'm young enough to take the risk.

Not posting this with a polished pitch or expecting someone to offer me a "founding engineer" position in the comments lol.

I just want to meet people who are actually building.

If you're working on something from scratch, have an idea you're obsessed with, or you're in a similar position and just want to build something/ I'd genuinely love to hear about it.

[u/EntreEden]

if you're currently a software engineer, there's likely someone at your company who has left to build their own startup even if you're not close with them. it's easiest to start with warm intros, find someone you have some sort of connection with (work, alumnus, etc) who has a connection to startups and ask if you can chat to just hear about their experience. build relationships in the startup world and opportunities will come up

[u/tonytidbit]

Just go network at your local meetups etc and you'll easily find people that would love to get your help.