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Like everything else in life. The answer is "It depends". There is nothing stopping you from learning more with your current job. Regular working hours still l
by sidmitra 17y ago
Like everything else in life. The answer is "It depends".
There is nothing stopping you from learning more with your current job. Regular working hours still leave you with free time on the weekends, and maybe an hour or two every day to read up on stuff you like.
Lots of people here, bootstrap a company along with their day jobs. If one's really motivated to learn new things, then status quo is always unsatisfactory.
I personally would advise, that you might try working on your own ideas rather than for someone else. You're bound to learn more.
- f2ender 17y agoThat's the thing. The team I work for, we have a ton of resources but we're just being inefficient due to poor management. People with little experience are running the show while the more senior people have to follow along. And it gets frustrating after a while to the point where there isn't a flow of ideas anymore.
- CyberFonic 17y agoYou are not your job! You can stimulate your mind and learn (and that includes outside of IT too). If you can't get passionate to do that now - you might want to think of how you will cope with challenges as they crop up. Even dream jobs can turn into treadmills after a couple of months.
- f2ender 17y agoWell, I do understand that. However, if a job actively sucking your energy instead of giving you the occasional good-feeling of going somewhere, something is wrong. If the job is not providing enough fodder for your mind to stay alert, it shouldn't actively drain you / make you feel listsless.
- CyberFonic 16y agoI understand, if your Energy is being drained that bad - constantly, maybe the attitude that "life's too short to be stuck in a crummy job" is the way to go. Security is way over-rated anyway, companys go bust, get taken over, managers change.