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What i mean is to get back on the stage and pursue acting, or start painting seriously and try and get my work in a gallery. In the end, I enjoy entertaining pe

What i mean is to get back on the stage and pursue acting, or start painting seriously and try and get my work in a gallery. In the end, I enjoy entertaining people and creating things (which is why I got into programming in the first place). My main concern is my loss creativity over the past couple of years due to my career path - and somehow i'm looking for a way to regain that and make it my primary passion in life.

trevelyan 19y ago
> make it my primary passion in life In my experience, if you already had a primary passion you wouldn't care if it offered a "career path". At a minimum you'd be trying to reconcile it with a "real job" and would eventually stumble onto a crossroads. If you're just unhappy tro to desocialize. Change your environment, your media and your perspective. At an extreme you could move to another country and try learning the language while getting by. Switching cities or jobs is also good, as is picking up a new hobby and meeting new people. Do your best to kill the expectations that other people place on you and live for yourself.
- wallflower 19y ago
  >At an extreme you could move to another country and try learning the language while getting by. Have you done this? I'm seriously considering this in the near term/mid term
  - trevelyan 19y ago
    Spent several years in Beijing. Now I'm working in Shanghai with a foreign start-up and 我的中文也厉害得不得了！ Moving abroad is great. The problem is that unless you really work at becoming fluent in the local language your career options are limited. For most people travelling helps them realize what they want without providing much help getting there.
    - wallflower 19y ago
      Congratulations! I can imagine you get a lot of respect as a Westerner who respects Chinese culture enough to learn Mandarin. Now, I imagine your prospects for your career/geographical locations pretty broad. I think I'll start with Spanish. I'm thinking of 3 months of immersion language training in a Latin American country.

trevelyan 19y ago

> make it my primary passion in life In my experience, if you already had a primary passion you wouldn't care if it offered a "career path". At a minimum you'd be trying to reconcile it with a "real job" and would eventually stumble onto a crossroads. If you're just unhappy tro to desocialize. Change your environment, your media and your perspective. At an extreme you could move to another country and try learning the language while getting by. Switching cities or jobs is also good, as is picking up a new hobby and meeting new people. Do your best to kill the expectations that other people place on you and live for yourself.

wallflower 19y ago
>At an extreme you could move to another country and try learning the language while getting by. Have you done this? I'm seriously considering this in the near term/mid term
- trevelyan 19y ago
  Spent several years in Beijing. Now I'm working in Shanghai with a foreign start-up and 我的中文也厉害得不得了！ Moving abroad is great. The problem is that unless you really work at becoming fluent in the local language your career options are limited. For most people travelling helps them realize what they want without providing much help getting there.
  - wallflower 19y ago
    Congratulations! I can imagine you get a lot of respect as a Westerner who respects Chinese culture enough to learn Mandarin. Now, I imagine your prospects for your career/geographical locations pretty broad. I think I'll start with Spanish. I'm thinking of 3 months of immersion language training in a Latin American country.