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by what_happened 16y ago
Yes, I'd say you pretty much hit the nail on the head.
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by what_happened 16y ago
Starting a company: Yes, I tried that during my freelancing time. The plan was to freelance on the side to keep myself afloat until the company could carry itself. Except things didn't work out: not only did the company not find any clients
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by what_happened 16y ago
Already did that. First teaching evening courses at community colleges while at university, then doing freelance jobs for a well-known IT teaching center during the episode that nearly broke my financial neck. However when I did this I was
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by what_happened 16y ago
Strangely enough, if I had the money, I'd probably go back to university and study one of the splinter-subjects genetics must have exploded into during the past 15 years. I've kicked myself over the past years repeatedly for not staying in
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by what_happened 16y ago
You're probably mostly correct with that assumption. For me the exploration of new concepts was the driving force and the main endorphine trigger. Actually applying what was learned was more of an afterthought. It's probably no coincidence
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by what_happened 16y ago
AI (neural networks/fuzzy logic/genetic algorithms) were actually part of my focus at university, and something I felt pretty exited about back then. That never went anywhere afterwards though. The realities in the job market here are prett
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by what_happened 16y ago
The hard part here, of course, is coming up with something else to do. While basically sound advise, after years of a wakeup-work-eat-bed cycle while worrying about the negative content of the bank account, thinking around a corner is hard,
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by what_happened 16y ago
This sounds like something to look into. Are there any resources in particular that you can recommend?
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Ask HN: After almost 30 years the romance is over - What now?
120 points by what_happened 16y ago|114 comments