JJohnUSA · AI Engineer
$100K/mo + exit
3 months since I have joined officially and we just crossed $50,000 a month.
Free 43-page PDF · The First Client Playbook 2026
You can build anything. That was never the problem.
The problem is what to sell and who to sell it to. This free playbook shows you how to find a $10K offer you can sell while still employed, in one weekend.
Bgo, founder of Code to CEO. 31+ software engineers have gone from employee to business owner with my system.
What you get
By Sunday night, you'll have three things.
01 · SATURDAY MORNING
Your 20
Twenty owners and operators you already know, with your first message sent to them.
02 · YOUR FIRST WEEK
One real problem
Heard from a real owner, in their own words, that fits what you're good at.
03 · SUNDAY
A one-page offer
Written around that problem, with a price set by what it costs them, not your hours.
6 worksheetsThe 4-part first messageAn AI prompt to find owners near you8 real owner problemsA real $10K one-pager
For engineers willing to start with a service. If you only want to build SaaS, this one isn't for you.
Code to CEO founders
Software engineers who became business owners.
Real results from the people who used this system, in their own words from our community.
BenoitCanada · CTOThey were so happy they sent me other clients and today 2 of them signed, two 30k contracts signed on the same day!
PaulUSA · Senior Software EngineerMade more in January and February 2026 than in his entire previous year at his 9-5.
SandraUSA · Senior Software EngineerI sent an invoice for $19k for 2 weeks of work… When I left the 9-5, the most I had ever taken home per month was a little over $8k.
DomAustralia · Software EngineerFast forward a couple of weeks, I'm now a Claude Community ambassador, one of about 60 world wide right now.
JoeyUSA · Software EngineerFrom the first time I met him and I said I was a software engineer, and he wanted me to build him something to help him save time.
MarkoSerbia · Software Engineer (ex-Microsoft)Feels amazing and I feel the drive I never had working at Microsoft.
BalazsHungary · Software EngineerWent six months without meaningful work after a contract ended, then closed a long-term client within four months.
DamirML EngineerFirst real “Code to CEO” moment for me. Landed a mid 5-figure engagement implementing the AI call center + contract automation system for construction industry
From the Code to CEO community and member interviews. Results vary. Nothing here is a promise of income.
Who wrote this
I was the engineer who could build anything. Nobody bought any of it.
I interned at NASA, studied ECE at UC San Diego and became an engineering manager making $250K a year at a Fortune 500. On November 30, 2022, the day ChatGPT came out, I put in my two weeks' notice.
Then I did what every engineer does. I built SaaS ideas, side projects and an e-commerce brand. Nobody showed up to buy. My account hit $258 with rent due Friday, so I started calling everyone I knew. One of them was a local business owner, and I invoiced him $16,000 for work I used to do for free.
The money was never behind a product. It was on the other side of a conversation.
- $250K/yrEngineering manager at a Fortune 500
- Nov 30, 2022Put in my two weeks' notice the day ChatGPT came out
- $258In the bank, rent due Friday
- $16,000First invoice, to someone I already knew
- $450K+/moRevenue across AB Analytics & G1 Analytics today
Then I built Code to CEO, the #1 accelerator in the world for software engineers who know they are meant for more than the 9-5.
31+engineers who left their 9-5
$5.3M+earned by Code to CEO partners
46K+engineers on YouTube
ClaudeCommunity Ambassador
Free playbook
This weekend, start a conversation instead of a repo.
Find your first $10K offer while you keep your job.