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I think whatever you are building needs to have a purpose. If you know it’s just a throwaway project then it will be hard to motivate yourself to finish it. If
by dave_sid 6y ago
I think whatever you are building needs to have a purpose. If you know it’s just a throwaway project then it will be hard to motivate yourself to finish it. If you build something for people to use, then the goal is to finish it and support it.
- giantg2 6y agoI strongly agree with this. When I am doing hobby projects, I can easily maintain my motivation because I believe in the value of the product and I'm working tk implement my own vision. When I am working at my job, I find the architecture and design parts fairly interesting, but I've come to hate the implementation due to either a lack of belief in the product or the overbearing bureaucracy. Sadly, I have not found a real solution for this at my job. I have tried changing teams, but I usually find similar issues on each - the biggest being a lack of confidence in how the business product owner is handling the system's business process design. So I just carry on, knowing that I'll never get promoted or be a respected part of the system. I've spent the last 5 years in this mindset and it's terrible, but at least I can support my family (what was that quote from Home Improvement... something like 'there's no such thing as a crappy job if you're using that money to support your family').
- dave_sid 6y agoI think this the main reason people do side projects, so you are in good company. Some lucky ones might turn their side projects into their job.