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Ask HN: Avoid burn out from doing sideproject on weekends
Dear HN,
I am very passionate about building for internet and most of my experience lies on front-end development but I want to focus on working on my side projects as an indie hacker so I thought about switching to technical support role or similar things as a day job and work on side projects on weekends, so I won't feel burn out doing development all week. I am new to doing tech support and have no idea if this is good plan(It doesn't sound secure choice to me!). Do share your thoughts, Thanks!
- zoobab 5y agoJust leave the weekend for mountain biking and outdoor sports.
- emmap21 5y agoJust do what you love. If it does not make you feel happy, do something else. You are at the exploratory phase - don't commit too early if you are not truly deeply interested in those. It's indeed a key to win a game.
- portims 5y agoIf you're tired, rest. Developing programs and websites are very taxing work, especially on your mental state. I suggest you do some outdoor activities, unwind and don't think about anything, enjoy.
- simonblack 5y agoTake time off from the side-project, whenever necessary. Sometimes, I will put that side-project away for an extended break in the region of weeks, or even months, before 'the side-project battery is recharged enough to continue'. [Come on, surely you have more than one side-project on your todo-list if you can't find a non-development task or two.]
- shafkathullah 5y agoWhat I meant is whether its a good idea to switch career onto tech support so that I can work on dev side-projects on weekends rather than working as a dev on weekdays and again do coding on weekends.
- throwawaypuppet 5y agoonly do one side project. not more.