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From the looks of it, you asked basically this same question within the past year. I think the real question is: are you being honest with yourself? The last
by decentrality 9y ago
From the looks of it, you asked basically this same question within the past year.
I think the real question is: are you being honest with yourself?
The last time you asked this it was more along the lines of "I hate my job and want out, btw I have wife and 1 child" and now it's more cooled down to "I've accepted that I hate my job and I'm sort of just punishing them with my lack of direction in life" and then looking for someone to make the decision(s) for you, here, /again/ evidently.
So are you being honest with yourself? Apart from income, what do you actually WANT to be doing? When you "work full time for yourself" are you going to have the motivation to do that? What direction do you have already, and what do you want your direction to change into or continue to be?
- ScottBurson 9y agoOoh, good catch! For others' reference, here's the previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14100061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14100061
- decentrality 9y agoFavorite quote: > I have been working on a startup on the side (and on the clock, because fuck it, idgaf anymore)
- throwaway184827 9y agoGood eye. Fun fact: I quit my job there, built these Android apps and started growing my SaaS, then got this job to help further fund my stuff on the side. I wasn’t expecting this job to be so boring (the job description sounded fun), or to be able to get away with doing the same thing as my last job. But a month in I started getting back into the groove of working on my stuff while on the clock. I’d love to quit but my revenue figures aren’t there yet.
- derekp7 9y agoSounds like a similar situation to a high school student who is too bored at school, due to being capable of much more. What you need is a position that challenges you, and rewards that challenge with a higher pay.