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How did you make the decision to go part time instead of full time? Did you have a sizable amount of cash saved up before choosing to do so, or did you do the m
by TranquilMarmot 11y ago
How did you make the decision to go part time instead of full time? Did you have a sizable amount of cash saved up before choosing to do so, or did you do the math, figure "I only need $X to live each month so I'll only work enough hours to make that"? If that's the case, how are you saving money for retirement? Or do you just want to live out your retirement as a ski bum, or a monk?
- notacoward 11y agoInstead of repeating myself, I'll just cite the blog post I wrote about this, and hope the rest of HN doesn't mind. http://pl.atyp.us/2013-10-leaning-out.html http://pl.atyp.us/2013-10-leaning-out.html Things have changed only a bit since then. A couple of years' worth of still-increasing income have brought me even closer to permanent financial security. I'm still pretty unimpressed by where this industry is headed technically, socially, and financially. I still want to finish one more Big Thing for pay, maybe one more on my own, and then just dabble in whichever smaller projects catch my fancy. I know, based on the responses to that blog post, that I'm far from alone. I suspect that many people reading this will eventually end up in the same place, whether they believe it now or not.
- TranquilMarmot 11y agoThanks for sharing, that was a nice read. Burning out on not just projects but with code is something that resonates with me and I'm only two years into my career! It's very kind of Red Hat to give you time off and let you switch to part time. I'm young blood, so I have hope for where the industry is headed technically and financially (not so sure about socially...). Then again, I don't really have a choice but to have hope otherwise my future doesn't look too bright :)