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I had a similar situation. I worked hard and went back to school and became a professional artist. I was paid decently, but ended up never drawing or painting f
by UnpossibleJim 5y ago
I had a similar situation. I worked hard and went back to school and became a professional artist. I was paid decently, but ended up never drawing or painting for myself. I hated it. It took me close to a decade to start liking the process of creating visual arts again, and even then it was tentative.
I read something not all that long ago that I wished I had read when I was much younger. "Make something you like your career and keep your passions for yourself, if you are able."
Obviously, this doesn't work for everyone. Some people have that all consuming thing where the process of selling your passion doesn't kill the love for it, but it didn't mesh for me =/
- gfiorav 5y agoI took me 10 years to buy an MPC again. And I barely touch it. The scars are real. A couple good things though: - I can finally listen to music without overanalyzing it. Which is to say I can now enjoy music. - I find a lot of ways to use creativity in my job, and has given me an edge thus far (or so I think).
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoI do think the fast ideation strategies I learned in art school definitely help me in software development, as well as not becoming overly attached to my children and accepting criticism. There are, for sure, many wonderful lessons to be learned in creative classes that cross over. I haven't been to a "Code Camp", but I have to imagine that this form of purely technical training (on its own) would have its down sides (though, I only have a liberal arts education as well, who stumbled into a technical field because of my hobbies).