lmueongoqx

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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
Thanks for the ideas ! 4. is probably what I'll end up doing, the niche field being some sort of devops / sysadmin job. While reading the impressive amount of responses this thread got I realized I do enjoy helping other developer
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
>pick a role where you're constantly blocked by other people Excellent advice. I love how HN still ends up thriving for perfection. If I compile all the comments in this thread I'll have the best optimized way to become the ult
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
Didn't think about ETL jobs. Thanks !
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
>your absence will not be noticed for long periods of time Be still my heart
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
That would be nice. I'm perfectly content watching htop and adding some VMs once in a while while playing WoW.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
I do some pro bono work for local teams related to my hobby. I'm afraid I would grow to hate the job and the hobby itself if it became real work .
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
I'll look into those. Thanks.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
Nice, living the dream. You're an inspiration. I find devops related jobs the most interesting. I do feel good helping fellow devs and setting up robust infrastructure but don't care about the companies themselves or the useless a
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
It's a bit higher for devs. As a full stack web dev (woop dee doo) with 10 years exp I'm currently earning 45k€/year.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
Nice. Sloths can be spirit animals too.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
Thanks for the kind words, I'm absolutely not depressed ! I'm very happy with my life outside of work. Some days I even feel euphoric being lucky as I am, being able to play my favorite sport and having a loving family. I'm o
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
I'm surprised once again by the nice and helpful community on HN. I anticipated most comments would be people telling me to get my head out of my ass and get to work. I hope you find a way to chill through life.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
SRE would of course require to be on-site but I think building some docker images and checking if some LAMP stacks run fine could be done remote.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
Nice. I'll look for one of those. I'd be perfectly content having some designs/specs handed out and implementing them.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
30k€/year would be more than enough.
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by lmueongoqx 5y ago
Thank you for your advice. I do not have it in me anymore to get the high paying job and go all-out, unfortunately. I understand the really boring jobs would probably lead to depression and not much else. I think a good alternative path wou
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Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?
2022 points by lmueongoqx 5y ago|1091 comments