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You might be asking too much of a job. Speaking from my own experience, the only times I've ever looked for a job that "made me feel whole" were also the times
by smeej 2y ago
You might be asking too much of a job.
Speaking from my own experience, the only times I've ever looked for a job that "made me feel whole" were also the times I felt like other important parts of my life were empty, and I was trying to compensate for that by finding some mythical job that would "complete me."
It's as big a mistake to ask that of a job as it is to ask it of a partner. If you don't show up to the situation already whole, no one person/thing else is going to fix that for you.
- metabagel 2y agoVery wise
- tegiddrone 2y agoA lot of value to this wisdom. That said, individuals can have a different kind of brain and carrot/stick equation. For me, the only time I felt whole was when I was only working 20 hrs a week as a freelance dev and I took a lot of breaks/vacation. Made half of what I could be making as a salaried employee but I had the space to build the rest of my life to feel whole. Kept my dream space nice, not dreaming about code or work. I doubt such thing is sustainable in average software dev gigs but I'll keep trying.
- ssd532 2y agoYou said “was”, so are you back to a regular salaried job now? Because it was not sustainable?