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I agree one hundred percent with this. I quit my job a while back to hack on a project and it’s insane how much shit you can accomplish in a good week. I recomm

I agree one hundred percent with this. I quit my job a while back to hack on a project and it’s insane how much shit you can accomplish in a good week. I recommend it to anyone questioning their current employment situation. Hit me up (email is in my profile) if you want to explore this life style. The crazy thing is that even if you fail, you’ll be ten times the programmer as when you left.

cgb223 8y ago
I’d love to do something like this, but without any kind of income I’d probably be homeless in a few months How do you bring in money while hacking on your passion?
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  I saved hardcore. I also made some ok stock decisions which helped me somewhat. Besides rent you won’t have too many expenses. But rent sucks.
  - cortesoft 8y ago
    Unless you have a family.
    - tonyedgecombe 8y ago
      You can find a way or find an excuse.
- JaredMcFey 8y ago
  I’d call it investment. If you invest time into a new skill that you can use to switch jobs or get promoted, it’s very worth putting in the time even if it has no direct monetary value at first
  - adamnemecek 8y ago
    I agree one hundred percent. There isn’t really a failure mode to this. Worst case you lose some money, but like when you rejoin the workforce you’ll be somewhere else. Right now I’m like 20x the programmer I was when I quit.
zwischenzug 8y ago
Yeah, just don't try building Kubernetes clusters in 2015 :)
megaman22 8y ago
If you can swing some kind of work-from-home heavy situation with your employer, it's also astounding the amount of stuff you can get done. At my best, I was going into the office on Monday, for status meetings and planning, then I'd work from home Tuesday through Friday. I got more done in those six months than I have in the two and a half years since, now that I'm back in the office most of the time again. Unfortunately, people just love to see asses in seats.
- bolivier 8y ago
  > Unfortunately, people just love to see asses in seats. A related problem I've noticed to this attitude is people's acceptance of it as a "fact of life." I work with a ton of people who recognize that time-in-seat is a meaningless metric, but somebody above them cares about it and they refuse to outrightly act like it's bullshit. I've been told by my manager that my time in the office is important not to him, but to our CEO.
mrfusion 8y ago
What’s the project? It seems hard to find something inspiring to work on.
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  http://ngrid.io http://ngrid.io feedback appreciated.
  - milansm 8y ago
    Looks interesting. As a music lover (unfortunately with no talent) I might give it a try (once it's ready). BTW, privacy policy link does not work. :)
    - adamnemecek 8y ago
      Lol thanks, EU fines here I come.

cgb223 8y ago

I’d love to do something like this, but without any kind of income I’d probably be homeless in a few months How do you bring in money while hacking on your passion?

adamnemecek 8y ago
I saved hardcore. I also made some ok stock decisions which helped me somewhat. Besides rent you won’t have too many expenses. But rent sucks.
- cortesoft 8y ago
  Unless you have a family.
  - tonyedgecombe 8y ago
    You can find a way or find an excuse.
JaredMcFey 8y ago
I’d call it investment. If you invest time into a new skill that you can use to switch jobs or get promoted, it’s very worth putting in the time even if it has no direct monetary value at first
- adamnemecek 8y ago
  I agree one hundred percent. There isn’t really a failure mode to this. Worst case you lose some money, but like when you rejoin the workforce you’ll be somewhere else. Right now I’m like 20x the programmer I was when I quit.

zwischenzug 8y ago

Yeah, just don't try building Kubernetes clusters in 2015 :)

megaman22 8y ago

If you can swing some kind of work-from-home heavy situation with your employer, it's also astounding the amount of stuff you can get done. At my best, I was going into the office on Monday, for status meetings and planning, then I'd work from home Tuesday through Friday. I got more done in those six months than I have in the two and a half years since, now that I'm back in the office most of the time again. Unfortunately, people just love to see asses in seats.

bolivier 8y ago
> Unfortunately, people just love to see asses in seats. A related problem I've noticed to this attitude is people's acceptance of it as a "fact of life." I work with a ton of people who recognize that time-in-seat is a meaningless metric, but somebody above them cares about it and they refuse to outrightly act like it's bullshit. I've been told by my manager that my time in the office is important not to him, but to our CEO.

mrfusion 8y ago

What’s the project? It seems hard to find something inspiring to work on.

adamnemecek 8y ago
http://ngrid.io http://ngrid.io feedback appreciated.
- milansm 8y ago
  Looks interesting. As a music lover (unfortunately with no talent) I might give it a try (once it's ready). BTW, privacy policy link does not work. :)
  - adamnemecek 8y ago
    Lol thanks, EU fines here I come.