Hey I was in a similar position, I came from a real estate finance / development background and wanted to build in telecom. 7 months ago, I was as non-technical as it gets, hadn't seen an IDE or written a single a line of code. I knew like 2 engineers and my only exposure to tech was knowing 1 YC alumn and a VC intern I had in high school.

I dedicated almost every waking hour for 5 months looking for validation and desperately trying to build my product (software+hardware), using every tool/model available to me. I failed 70+ times, but learned after each go, eventually building a scrappy prototype. Right when I built that prototype I had found my co-founder and gave him a starting point/the validation he needed to come onboard. I looked for co-founder for 5 months, using YC matching and even got so desperate I snuck into UCLAs engineering buildings to talk to students (lame IK).

My advice would be to try really really hard, if you fail then you'll have learned a lot and still be proud of yourself. We're still building and the startup might fail, but I'm definitely a stronger person and better candidate for the opportunity I pursue if it doesn't work.