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I can't lie, I loved programming for many years. It used to be my main hobby too. Trying any new language or software, reading programming books, contributing t
by epolanski 2y ago
I can't lie, I loved programming for many years. It used to be my main hobby too. Trying any new language or software, reading programming books, contributing to many chats across libera/freenode and what not.
But since I have become a freelancer and I started working in smaller contexts where the focus is to ship decent code at a higher rate this passion has vaned. I think this is overall good for me as an engineer, but has removed lots of fun and often learning from my daily job.
- systems 2y agothat probably has more to do with freelancing and consulting in general, rather than something inherit in programming freelancing and consulting, is usually about problem solving, and even problem shooting (get rid of the problem as soon as possible, elegance not required) you want to be a builder a tool maker, with freelancing, i dont see this happening, if you move to a consultant role maybe for me consultant are a bit more into longer term relationship , so maybe this should be your next step
- epolanski 2y agoI use the term freelancer too freely maybe, I'm mostly a full time consultant and I often have very long clients (years). Still, I tend to choose high pressure small environments (I honestly get bored in low productive corporate environments).