I was told I’d never make it
2014 – I graduated with a business degree and moved to London to learn English.
2015 – I left the idea of an office job, traveled the world, and grew an Instagram account to 20k followers.
2019 – I moved to Australia and became a scuba instructor.
2020 – I learned to code in a bootcamp to build a diving app.
2021 – I worked as a full-stack developer, but corporate life and bad mentorship pushed me away from tech.
2023 – I quit, moved to Thailand, and started building my app, learning more in months than years at companies.
2024 – I launched my first SaaS and began building in public on X.
2025 – I made my first online dollar, built 3 micro-SaaS, traveled Asia, and quit my job as a scuba instructor in Palau to fully focus on my SaaS.
Not the typical tech path but the one that finally feels right.
Dave Weckl solos over "Spy in the Sky" by @billevanssax. Vansband All-Stars '25 European tour featuring Dave, Bill, Jimmy Earl & Steve Weingart. Audio: QSC TouchMix 16. Mixed w/ProTools. Filmed with @ZoomSoundLab Q2n 4K & iPhone 14 Pro. Editing: FCP. A/V Production by Dave Weckl.