>be 19yo uni student >get into guns, think of design fix problems with current designs >shelve drawings because broke and scammed by uni tuition >graduate early, spend several years as code monkey >late 20s, jeets and MBAs destroy SWE job market >pull out drawings from a decade ago, start making 3d models out of drawings >design new bullpup rifle from scratch in 3 months >design barely works, since no exp or creds in MechE >keep fixing issues and burning through savings >start YT to document build process, terrible prod quality, barely get any views/subs >finally get it working, parts keep breaking >both patents granted b4 30th birthday >make DFM, weight, cost optimizations, reduce parts count, fix breakages, continue testing >start open sourcing parts of rifle >still suck at marketing/social media >looking for MFG to license