Software Engineer at J.P. Morgan. I can build things, but getting users? No clue.

Hey everyone.

I'm Jack. I work as a Software Engineer at J.P. Morgan Chase, mostly in portfolio optimisation and real-time financial data.

I've been thinking about building something on the side. The area that interests me is AI tooling for engineers. At work, I keep noticing people try out LLM-enabled development, hit a few early frustrations, and just... stop. They don't push through. I'm not sure if that's a product opportunity or just normal friction, but it's stuck in my head.

Honestly, I'm pretty early in my journey. No product. No audience. I've never really put myself out there before, and the whole "marketing" side of things feels alien to me.

So I figured I'd start here and see what I can learn. If you started from nothing, how did you actually find your first users? Any resources, people to follow, or tactics that worked for you? Also happy to just have a conversation if you've been through this before.

Happy to help if anyone has questions about Python, data pipelines, or working with LLMs. That part I can do.