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My understanding of the male experience on dating apps has absolutely changed. I had no idea how difficult it was for men. I was definitely guilty of ghosting on dating apps before I started Advice by Chloe. After hearing the genuine pain and frustrated from men who were excited about a match who then disappeared, I never ghosted again.

I've seen several male friends deal with this and see their souls crushed. Not just the ghosting, but the constant left-swipes and their only matches being OnlyFans bots. They could probably use your services, but I think even a sparkling profile is just a small leg-up. I'm a fairly young widower and don't feel like I'm ready to date, but for the sake of sanity I've pretty much determined that I'm just not going to bother with online dating.

Oof.

"Yea...I was just...practicing!"

I'm sure that's the case. A profile is a resume for your personal life, of sorts. Some people have difficulty selling themselves and don't know what they want, which makes for a bad resume. I've looked over enough resumes from friends that made me wonder what the hell they were even doing.

At any rate, the lack of motivation for online dating is likely tied to my lack of desire to date. When the time comes, I may reconsider, but just what I see and hear doesn't sound too motivating.

Congratulations on your success, btw.

I don't think it would cannibalize the services too much. For example, there are a lot of books about working out in the gym, but there is still a strong demand for personal trainers.

Not OP, but having a 'portfolio' of your self-taught projects in a Github repo that can be reviewed would be a good start. If you demonstrate that you have the basics, you can usually pick up the rest in a short period of time.

The 'learning curve' is steep, but that just means you acquire 'enough knowledge to be dangerous' very quickly. It's the hiring manager's decision whether there is a spot for you on their team with your background. The team may be under pressure to deliver something to big stakeholders, or they may just have a huge backlog of tech debt to churn through and need help getting their head above water. Throwing the cruft cleanup at the new guy is a good way to get them up to speed whereas an impending delivery date could be pushed back by a new dev who is still learning as they go.