Let me be upfront about something.

When I say "build a startup," I don't mean raise a seed round, quit your job, and move to San Francisco. I mean something much simpler and much more achievable: build something real, put it online, and tell people what you're learning along the way.

That's it. That's the whole idea.

I know how that sounds. But hear me out — because the market for junior and graduate developers right now makes this less of an ambitious bet and more of a practical one.

The market is genuinely hard