>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