It's so annoying CS is one of the hardest industries to "get out of the 9-5"

Hello, what I mean by the title is:

if you are an electrician, or plumber or similar, you will usually start working for someone, then years later you probably will try to go on your own and start your own business, doing mostly the same but on your terms, with this of course come sacrifices and shitton of work, but also rewards if everything goes correctly. Atleast thats how it looks from my perspective when I look at my friends in those fields.

But fuck how do you even do this in CS. The only way i see it is becoming the next Zuckerberg and trying to solo or almost solo release an app that goes big. The chances of that happening tho especially nowdays are basically 0.

You could start a company and offer integration with something to other businesses or some SaaS programs but also whatever you come up with it probably already exists.

As someone years in the industry I am starting to get sick of working for the suits who are getting richer on me . I really shouldn't complain, I do my job, I get paid decently, But it feels so soulless and worthless. Like a cog in the machine that ultimately doesn't matter. With 0 footprint around me.

Has anyone here tried going on their own? Did it work out?