I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control. I took a technician job instead.
Summary
This field-level narrative follows shadowing a pest-control technician to learn the business from the ground up. It highlights an AI-assisted training approach, rapid licensing, and a territory workflow that yielded early ARR, while exposing friction in legacy systems and onboarding. The author plans to build tooling around an acquisition and invites SMBs to learn from the experience.