What if I don't have an idea?
nostrademons: I'm in the same position (good skills, adequate cash, no job - but no idea or cofounder) and am thinking of resolving it by either:1.) Getting a job at a big Silicon Valley tech company or2.) Getting a job at a YCombinator startup.One thing I learned from my past failed startup is that ideas come from interacting with the world around you, they don't spring fully formed from your head.  Either one of the above options puts me in contact with more potential ideas - I'd meet more people at a big tech company, but I'd do more things at the YC startup.  They'd also get me out of the house and into an environment with lots of people interested in startups.I've also found that it's really hard to build a network or feel out a cofounder once you already have an idea that you're passionate about.  That relationship has to be forged under a low-stress situation, and then you jump into the fire with them. ;-) So now may be a good time to work on that, if the environment allows (I've heard it's a really terrible place to start a tech company).