A software engineer that moves into management / entrepreneurship because he feels that youngsters make him obsolete, was probably not a very good engineer, and will probably not be a very good manager or entrepeneur.
But good luck.
But good luck.
Entrepreneurship is awesome. I have self generating, passive income from my personal Android apps and I respond to most customers emails personally.
As far as my skills on SoundTracking:
I already had 2 years of solid Android experience under my belt, and over the course of the project, I learned a shitload more about Android.
I made use of my teammates extensively.
I released early and often.
I managed to generate positive relationships with over 20 api partners to make this project happen.
I discovered new ways to make objected oriented abstractions work in Android.
The list goes on.
- You became an entrepeneur because you want. - You don't believe that your programming skills are obsolete.
And thus your article doesn't really talk about your actual experience.
However, I have focused solely on programming the last 10 years, and I believe my focus depleted from other skills that are highly necessary to balance someone out: product development, winning friends and influencing people, sales, marketing, physical builds, the arts and humanities, entrepreneurship and finally understanding and gettings your hands deep and dirty into real business experience:construction, food and restaurants, medecine, education, finance, fashion, etc, etc.
My intention is to help others not go down such a narrow path as I have.
Reading the Steve Jobs biography really lit a fire under me.