> However, it seems like I'm stuck at my level.
Have you gotten any feedback in your current role about why you're stuck? The reasons can vary from the difference in expected behaviors from level to level, no room at level +1, your current company/manager not really caring about your advancement, etc.
> I have no managerial experience, hence I can't get any leadership roles (either people or software)
Is this because you don't (or haven't had opportunities to) step up to lead/own chunks of work?
> I'm not a good enough software engineer to do complex stuff
Do you plan to do anything about this? It's hard to advance without some amount of self-improvement?
> I have a SaaS that generates pennies...[snip]...I tried to bootstrap some projects, but most of them are hit and miss (more on the miss side).
This seems to conflict with some of your earlier statements. Are you saying that you're motivated enough to try to bootstrap multiple projects, and have started a SaaS that actually has paying customers? It seems to me that if you have that motivation, you should be able to improve and grow to learn the things that you think are holding your career back.
Have you gotten any feedback in your current role about why you're stuck? The reasons can vary from the difference in expected behaviors from level to level, no room at level +1, your current company/manager not really caring about your advancement, etc.
> I have no managerial experience, hence I can't get any leadership roles (either people or software)
Is this because you don't (or haven't had opportunities to) step up to lead/own chunks of work?
> I'm not a good enough software engineer to do complex stuff
Do you plan to do anything about this? It's hard to advance without some amount of self-improvement?
> I have a SaaS that generates pennies...[snip]...I tried to bootstrap some projects, but most of them are hit and miss (more on the miss side).
This seems to conflict with some of your earlier statements. Are you saying that you're motivated enough to try to bootstrap multiple projects, and have started a SaaS that actually has paying customers? It seems to me that if you have that motivation, you should be able to improve and grow to learn the things that you think are holding your career back.