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Thanks for taking the time to respond. The transition I've seen people who enjoy traveling and hanging out with friends a lot is to developer advocate roles wh
by inglor 6y ago
Thanks for taking the time to respond.
The transition I've seen people who enjoy traveling and hanging out with friends a lot is to developer advocate roles where they travel a lot to conferences.
I actually did that quite a bit last year (14 conferences which is hardly a lot but then again I'm not a devrel). Now I'm stuck with the boring parts (making the talks) and none of the interesting ones (traveling, meeting people and tech).
If you spent a decade doing hobby projects - what happened that made that "just a job"?
- scarface74 6y agoThat decade was from the time I was 12 until I was 22. I was a short fat kid with a computer - what else was I going to do? By the time I got to college, I started having a social life. I got into exercise and fitness after college and my circle started consisting of non-geek professionals who were active. That became my hobby. Once I had to look at a computer all day, I wanted to do anything else besides looking at a computer after work. You can’t imagine how much fun it was to transform from “computer geek” during the day to “outgoing drill sergeant fitness instructor” in the evening. I have turned down two or three decent paying ($120/hr+) side contracting opportunities because I would rather just spend time doing anything else when I get off of work. As far as travel, post-Covid, my job will require extensive travel. I should be able to get frequent flier miles for my personal use.