&gt;&gt;I wonder if I’m hurting my chances of future employment by working so long on my own.<p>You built a business, designed and built a product grounds up, you made profits, you have users. You did this all alone.<p>You are in the top 1% of the product&#x2F;engineering managers out there.<p>Believe me, those who do not hire you have more to lose. Any sensible company would want to hire a person like you.