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Assuming you have some money saved up, go on amazon, buy some books, anything you really like that isn't tech; philosophy, history, literature, music theory, wh
by n0us 11y ago
Assuming you have some money saved up, go on amazon, buy some books, anything you really like that isn't tech; philosophy, history, literature, music theory, whatever makes you tick. Find a job far away (figuratively) from a computer screen. Manual labor, crewing on someone's yacht, working at a ranch, being a ski instructor, (preferably not something like fast food). But take some time off. Write code for what you want to write code for. Sounds like you could put your head up from under the surface of the tech industry and get a breath of fresh air, this field can be an echo chamber and its easy to start drowning in it. It sounds like you see the forest for the trees and a break could give you some time to reflect on that.
- godzilla82 11y agoI have no experience and dont fancy myself to be capable of giving life advice, but I think the manual jobs you mentioned "crewing on someone's yacht, working at a ranch, being a ski instructor" are based on some glamor you associate with those jobs. After some time you will come to know the unglamorous aspects of those jobs and you will be back to square one. For example, a few days back I read an article by an airline pilot who was fed up with the politics and other administrative tasks that come with the job. Even though I am not brave enough to practice it myself, I feel the way out would be to take a job with no glamour whatsoever with the attitude that you can come out of it if you wanted to anytime.
- netheril96 11y agoWell, perhaps after he realizes how other jobs are even more boring and tiring, he would suddenly find software engineering enjoyable again?