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I can't work on projects outside of work because I work ~12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week and there's no way I can free up the long periods of time needed to cre

I can't work on projects outside of work because I work ~12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week and there's no way I can free up the long periods of time needed to create something good. I can't talk up my technical accomplishments in an interview because my job isn't particularly technically demanding or interesting, beyond the company name. I think I'm a good interviewer except when it comes to talking about anything I've actually worked on after college (1 year ago). Any tips on how to get past this?

beat 13y ago
Wait, you're working 60+ hours on boring crap that doesn't advance your career? WHAT THE HELL?!? STOP THAT!! Take another job. ANY other job. Flip burgers if you must. Get your priorities in order. 60+ hour work weeks on something you don't utterly love leave you no time to have a life, much less build a career.
- tekromancr 13y ago
  And sometimes you desperately need money.
  - tonyedgecombe 13y ago
    Not often, plenty of people survive with very little, even in developed nations.
    - tekromancr 13y ago
      I owe 5 figures and make 4. Any money I make goes to rent and ramen. I would kill for consistaint work programming, which is the only thing I am really good for.
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