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I left programming in 2004-2005 to work at a skateboard company. I filmed and edited videos and went skateboarding for a year. It was great. I also only made $8

by rdouble 16y ago

I left programming in 2004-2005 to work at a skateboard company. I filmed and edited videos and went skateboarding for a year. It was great. I also only made $8000 the entire year, most of it from fixing the company's web site, so I returned to programming.

tocomment 16y ago
Did you have trouble returning? Was it hard finding jobs, getting interviews? Did you have to take a pay cut when you returned?
- rdouble 16y ago
  Did you have trouble returning? No. Was it hard finding jobs, getting interviews? No. Did you have to take a pay cut when you returned? No.
  - exit 16y ago
    what kind of programming did you do?
    - rdouble 16y ago
      a bit of everything
      - exit 16y ago
        :\ really no focus? even something general like, "web development" (as opposed to "game development", "financial software"). i'm curious because i wonder what fields it's easy to find work in again after a year off.
        rdouble 16y ago
        At the time it was python, databases, C, unix and java. A mixture of sys admin and development for online medical records. Part of the reason I left was because I found that I could not cope with how boring my job was. I do not compartmentalize very well. When I returned, I worked for a place that made a music player.
        exit 16y ago
        cool. how did you find/end up at the "music player" company?
        rdouble 16y ago
        I worked with some of the same guys earlier in my career. However, it really was simple serendipity - they happened to be working down the street from where I was living and I ran into them.