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>I don't like the domain I'm in now. You might appreciate this: https://medium.com/thrive-global/ikigai-the-japanese-secret-to-a-long-and-happy-life-might-just

>I don't like the domain I'm in now. You might appreciate this: https://medium.com/thrive-global/ikigai-the-japanese-secret-to-a-long-and-happy-life-might-just-help-you-live-a-more-fulfilling-9871d01992b7 https://medium.com/thrive-global/ikigai-the-japanese-secret-... Not everyone can meet all of that criteria, and that's okay. But if you slowly work towards ikigai, your life will become happier for it.

anon9001 7y ago
This doesn't work for me. 1. What do I love? Software! 2. What am I good at? Software! 3. What can I be paid for now — or something that could transform into my future hustle? Software! 4. What does the world need? Software! I absolutely hate being a commercial software developer.
- proverbialbunny 7y ago
  Is it that you love using software and hate developing software, or is it that you have a love-hate relationship with developing software? For me, most of what I hate about being a dev is the culture and who I'm working with. Though I hate getting stuck on a problem I can't figure out too. By being able to identify what I like and what I dislike about a thing, diving into the gritty details, I am better able to steer myself towards a better future.
  - anon9001 7y ago
    I love free software, and I hate non-free software. Writing free software doesn't pay very well, on account of it being free. Maybe I should work for FSF or Mozilla, but I'd really like to make enough in industry to be comfortable far into the future before I forfeit the chance to retire.
    - proverbialbunny 7y ago
      What about free software do you like in the work place? What about non-free software do you not like in the work place? Keep increasing your awareness by responding to your answers by asking questions, breaking it down further and further. For example, I patched Squid and Apache on the job, and those are "free" software. Out of everything I've done on the software engineer side, I hated that one the most, because the code bases were difficult to navigate for me at the time.

anon9001 7y ago

This doesn't work for me. 1. What do I love? Software! 2. What am I good at? Software! 3. What can I be paid for now — or something that could transform into my future hustle? Software! 4. What does the world need? Software! I absolutely hate being a commercial software developer.

proverbialbunny 7y ago
Is it that you love using software and hate developing software, or is it that you have a love-hate relationship with developing software? For me, most of what I hate about being a dev is the culture and who I'm working with. Though I hate getting stuck on a problem I can't figure out too. By being able to identify what I like and what I dislike about a thing, diving into the gritty details, I am better able to steer myself towards a better future.
- anon9001 7y ago
  I love free software, and I hate non-free software. Writing free software doesn't pay very well, on account of it being free. Maybe I should work for FSF or Mozilla, but I'd really like to make enough in industry to be comfortable far into the future before I forfeit the chance to retire.
  - proverbialbunny 7y ago
    What about free software do you like in the work place? What about non-free software do you not like in the work place? Keep increasing your awareness by responding to your answers by asking questions, breaking it down further and further. For example, I patched Squid and Apache on the job, and those are "free" software. Out of everything I've done on the software engineer side, I hated that one the most, because the code bases were difficult to navigate for me at the time.