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I would say that: Dude, quit your job, work at a coffee shop, and build things because you want to build them. is good advice only in response to I'm bored w
by hugh 18y ago
I would say that:
Dude, quit your job, work at a coffee shop, and build things because you want to build them.
is good advice only in response to
I'm bored with my job AND I have an idea I really really want to work on. Here's the idea: [insert non-bad idea here]
but it's not very good advice in response to
I'm bored with my job and I'd kinda like to work on something different, dunno what though
- giles_bowkett 18y agoIt worked for me. I kinda wanted to work on something different, didn't know what though, and found out what when I stopped working on the stuff I didn't want to work on. I believe you've got it exactly backwards. The advice comes from exactly the experience this person describes, and the conditions which you think would make my advice better may actually worsen it. If you know exactly what you want to build, you don't need the open schedule factor, as you can scope it and schedule it around what you're already doing, or timebox the project between school years or between jobs. It's when you don't know what to do next that exploring different options pays off.