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> Let me tell you, going back into a tech job, 10 to 6-ish PM every day was no joke, after three months of not giving a fuck. It was torture. As a consultant,
by porker 5y ago
> Let me tell you, going back into a tech job, 10 to 6-ish PM every day was no joke, after three months of not giving a fuck. It was torture.
As a consultant, after a _very_ quiet year due to covid (I had travel and entertainment clients - yay me), I am finding the same. I have zero drive to go out and win business.
I don't want to spend days building software to enrich the bosses and "streamline operations" so they don't have to re-hire the staff they laid off. Or work long days. Or have to kiss ass.
It can't last because the money won't, but a break from work has challenged me.
- michaelt 5y agoPerhaps you could make a course adjustment, to work in an industry where you'd do work you see as more important? I decided years ago that I didn't want to work on adtech or fintech, and while it's meant passing over some opportunities, it hasn't limited my career much.
- papito 5y agoI think there are two issues here. One is - turning your brain back on after over a year of low-grade depression, as it was for me with COVID. But, I am talking specifically more about most of us going back to the office for 50-hour weeks. People have NO idea how jarring the experience will be. It will break you, it will ruin office work for you forever. And you know what? Perhaps that's not the way to live then.