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My point is that when I was eager for it, dollars were a great metric for my hourly value. Now, personal enjoyment, or feeling like I'm doing something valuable
by byoung2 13y ago
My point is that when I was eager for it, dollars were a great metric for my hourly value. Now, personal enjoyment, or feeling like I'm doing something valuable with that time has a much greater importance.
I feel the same way now that I have a daughter (10 months old). I work full-time, but I have always done the odd freelance or consulting job on the side...a few hours in exchange for a few extra bucks used to be worth it. Now, I'd rather spend that time reading to my daughter, or watching her figure out how a toy works.
- kremdela 13y agoExactly! The point of conflict for me is how to equate that. It would be hard for me to have to pay $300 cash to have a great night relaxing with my wife (and someday, hopefully kids) but if I can get that much for my time, that's what its costing me to do so.
- GuiA 13y agoSlightly tangential, but how do you manage to work full time as a developer with a child when you could be working from home or freelancing and spending more time with your daughter? I don't have any kids, but I have a very hard time imagining myself being away from them for 80% of the day, 5 days out of 7 when I do. I hope that by then, I have enough money saved up so that I can easily take a few years off, or at least have enough professional cred so that I can work on my own terms for the most part.
- byoung2 13y agoEvery company I've worked for has been pretty hostile toward the idea of working from home full time, though I can grab a day here and there to work from home. If I can find a company willing to let me work remotely full time, I'd take it in a heartbeat. Freelancing is to unpredictable, so I likely won't go that route.