You were excited by the sugar rush now you're excited by greed.
The 'along as it's legal' bit is a slight red flag, because it's also out of self interest, you could say 'as long as it's moral' that would be nicer.
Both those things ate not so-so bad but both a bit low on the scale of personal development.
To start, about getting excited over doing something useful to others? And then taking a slice out of the pie that you made?
Some people make bread, some people keep the peace, some people clean homes - what's your contribution?
If you do something well enough, you'll get paid well and often the rewards are better, but the commitment required usually goes up as well.
In that case, you'll probably nudge the world forward a bit.
There are a ton of legal ways to make money that are extractive - i.e. they don't really help anyone, they just waste everyone's time or consume resources and end up being destructive.
Often those who just care about making money may end up in the later camp.
Also if you're just interested purely in the money it's likely you'll run out of steam early because it's not a very complete motivator.
And of course, why on earth would people want to help you if your goal is purely selfish and likely extractive?
It's like saying "How do I get rich and famous and take all the acclaim with no talent? Can you help me with that?"
Making the world a better place is not about 'New Innovation' or 'Shiny Tech' 99% of the time it's just doing basic word and grinding. Even the newer tech stuff is still mostly work and grinding.
Finally, all of the above is a completely separate question from whether you want to start your own company or not, which is a giant step. If you want to 'make money' you may just want to be a good software developer, or depending on your age go to Med School and you might just be making enough money to make you quite happy. There are a number of professions in which you can make quite decent money.
The 'along as it's legal' bit is a slight red flag, because it's also out of self interest, you could say 'as long as it's moral' that would be nicer.
Both those things ate not so-so bad but both a bit low on the scale of personal development.
To start, about getting excited over doing something useful to others? And then taking a slice out of the pie that you made?
Some people make bread, some people keep the peace, some people clean homes - what's your contribution?
If you do something well enough, you'll get paid well and often the rewards are better, but the commitment required usually goes up as well.
In that case, you'll probably nudge the world forward a bit.
There are a ton of legal ways to make money that are extractive - i.e. they don't really help anyone, they just waste everyone's time or consume resources and end up being destructive.
Often those who just care about making money may end up in the later camp.
Also if you're just interested purely in the money it's likely you'll run out of steam early because it's not a very complete motivator.
And of course, why on earth would people want to help you if your goal is purely selfish and likely extractive?
It's like saying "How do I get rich and famous and take all the acclaim with no talent? Can you help me with that?"
Making the world a better place is not about 'New Innovation' or 'Shiny Tech' 99% of the time it's just doing basic word and grinding. Even the newer tech stuff is still mostly work and grinding.
Finally, all of the above is a completely separate question from whether you want to start your own company or not, which is a giant step. If you want to 'make money' you may just want to be a good software developer, or depending on your age go to Med School and you might just be making enough money to make you quite happy. There are a number of professions in which you can make quite decent money.