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I am doing what I love to do. I'm a web developer and design landing pages for companies. I get to go to work everyday and be creative. I also don't mind the pe
by mattbgates 10y ago
I am doing what I love to do. I'm a web developer and design landing pages for companies. I get to go to work everyday and be creative. I also don't mind the people I work with though sometimes I do find them annoying, but you can't win at everything. Having my dream job, however, doesn't mean I'm making what I want to be making. To make up for it, I just do some freelance work for extra cash. I am also in the process of starting up a (side) business of a bunch of web apps with a saas model and hoping that will bring in some additional revenue.
The thought of losing my current job certainly haunts me, but the thought of having additional revenue continues to drive me and takes away my anxiety about the possibility of no longer having my current job. Fortunately, I've been at it for 5 years and my company got bought out. I saw several departments get sold off because the company that bought us was considered a monopoly and it was the only way. I also was given a choice about 4 years ago by this company: Move or get laid off. After some salary negotiation and asking if they could pay for my move across the country, I continued working for the company. So I've seen a few things happen.. and I'm still here. We definitely have a great product and if they ever did sell it off (and lay me off), I would actually take it upon myself to redesign it the way I want it and try to become their competitor.