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Seeing all these awesome projects makes me slightly depressed, everyone's building awesome interpreters and compilers, while I'm sitting here just working on <b

by achille 14y ago

Seeing all these awesome projects makes me slightly depressed, everyone's building awesome interpreters and compilers, while I'm sitting here just working on <boring things>.

debacle 14y ago
Boring things are what make the world go round. Unfortunately, many of these awesome things will never have the impact that something like a web form for building permit requests might have, outside of the greatly limited tech sphere.
sebkomianos 14y ago
Work on an awesome interpreter or compiler then?
- bitwize 14y ago
  Do you have a steady job? A mortgage? A family? Watch your spare time for awesome compilers go down the drain when you acquire one or more of these.
  - dochtman 14y ago
    I bet there are companies willing to pay you to work on an interpreter or compiler (though not necessarily any of the new-fangled ones that you consider awesome, I guess).
  - munificent 14y ago
    > Do you have a steady job? A mortgage? A family? Yes, I'm a Googler. No mortgage right now but rent is pretty pricey. Yes, a wife, a toddler, a baby, two dogs, and two cats. Also a one hour commute, each way. I also have: https://github.com/munificent/ https://github.com/munificent/ http://magpie-lang.org/ http://magpie-lang.org/ http://finch.stuffwithstuff.com/ http://finch.stuffwithstuff.com/ http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/ http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/ You'd be surprised how much you can get done if you just throw half an hour a day at it.
  - sebkomianos 14y ago
    I assumed that by "working" he meant "on my free time". Spare time goes down the drain whatever you do.
bitwize 14y ago
But boring things are where the money is. Never, ever, ever underestimate the role of MONEY in your career choices. Not everyone has the heady mix of extreme intelligence and bloodyminded foolhardiness it takes to keep their feet in the startup world. For the rest of us, a steady comfortable position in ERP implementation/customization or somesuch will keep your head well above water in this shite economy.

by achille 14y ago

Seeing all these awesome projects makes me slightly depressed, everyone's building awesome interpreters and compilers, while I'm sitting here just working on <boring things>.

debacle 14y ago

Boring things are what make the world go round. Unfortunately, many of these awesome things will never have the impact that something like a web form for building permit requests might have, outside of the greatly limited tech sphere.

sebkomianos 14y ago

Work on an awesome interpreter or compiler then?

bitwize 14y ago
Do you have a steady job? A mortgage? A family? Watch your spare time for awesome compilers go down the drain when you acquire one or more of these.
- dochtman 14y ago
  I bet there are companies willing to pay you to work on an interpreter or compiler (though not necessarily any of the new-fangled ones that you consider awesome, I guess).
- munificent 14y ago
  > Do you have a steady job? A mortgage? A family? Yes, I'm a Googler. No mortgage right now but rent is pretty pricey. Yes, a wife, a toddler, a baby, two dogs, and two cats. Also a one hour commute, each way. I also have: https://github.com/munificent/ https://github.com/munificent/ http://magpie-lang.org/ http://magpie-lang.org/ http://finch.stuffwithstuff.com/ http://finch.stuffwithstuff.com/ http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/ http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/ You'd be surprised how much you can get done if you just throw half an hour a day at it.
- sebkomianos 14y ago
  I assumed that by "working" he meant "on my free time". Spare time goes down the drain whatever you do.

bitwize 14y ago

But boring things are where the money is. Never, ever, ever underestimate the role of MONEY in your career choices. Not everyone has the heady mix of extreme intelligence and bloodyminded foolhardiness it takes to keep their feet in the startup world. For the rest of us, a steady comfortable position in ERP implementation/customization or somesuch will keep your head well above water in this shite economy.