I was contemplating getting a full-time job (ideally 30hrs/week). But there's always a million things to do to get a startup running and I'm not sure how feasible it would be.
Does any have experience running a startup on the side? Is it possible? Any advice?
I've blogged pretty regularly about it. See profile.
My advice: find a job which is OK with you having a side business. I have an arrangement with my company that is mutually beneficial: I firewall my extracurriculars from the day job, I bring them the stuff I learn about engineering and business, they wish me the best of success and officially ignore the existence of my "personal hobby".
Make a business which is designed to have returns which are super-scalar to your time investment. I am religious about automating, outsourcing, or eliminating just about anything that I have to do more than once in a blue moon, even if it only takes me 5 or 10 minutes to do manually. My entire life is a series of 5 minute increments and I don't want to waste any licking stamps. (Somebody does that for me these days.)
Remember that there are more important things in life than working. If you neglect them, the lack will bite you in the hindquarters, both in more important respects and in impacting your work/business.
At this point the technology is nearing production ready.
If you need the cash, you need the cash. But there are other sources, and a job should be your last resort. Yes, people have done it, and it generally involved having a fairly flexible job that didn't mind you taking business calls etc; and not getting a lot of sleep!
Take pg's advice here if you at all can and stay away from that day job. Couldn't you monetize your service immediately instead?