Calculate your runway in days
How many days until money pressure forces a decision you don't want to make?
Can you name an expensive problem you've solved?
A specific moment when your direct action saved or created at least $10,000 in value.
Do you want a role or to test independence?
Neither is superior. What matches your current energy and risk tolerance?
When did you last ship something on your own timeline?
Not an assignment. Something you initiated, completed, and declared done without external pressure.
Honestly, are you avoiding a choice?
Have you been researching instead of testing? Waiting for perfect conditions? Collecting information without acting on it?