Working in a lot of fields and not sticking to one is in itself valuable. You should capitalize on your need for novelty and perhaps work at a higher level, a generalist who can connect the dots across many areas and lead others.
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#102I really like selling drugs. I mean, I really like it. I spent 25 years coding, and I hated it. I hated the techbros who ruined the industry, I hated the dudebros who invaded every San Francisco coffee shop to talk loudly about their investments, and I really, really hated the way the tech crowd shifted from being kind of wild anarchist DIY hippy hackers to being right-wing law and order, thin-blue line types. Now I…
It's cool I'd be down to spend the rest of my life hanging out with people but not into the drug aspect of it. Glad you found something you love.
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#103Yes, whatever microcorruption.com is. Linked from here, product of tptacek.
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#105The Art's Way by Julia Cameron
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#106I'm not obsessed about "working for my passion" or anything like that. I have a good life outside of work, supported by my high paying programmer job. I did a lot of job-hopping the past few years looking for the right place to work, and I finally found it. I look for companies that respect work-life balance, don't want me to work too hard, and have excellent engineering culture that values high quality work and has…
“Part of growing older is mourning the person you could have been.”
One of the wisest and most succinct things I’ve read on this site.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
This book is in a genre I call “once you’ve read the title you’ve read the book” Definitely aligned with the idea but if you already agree with the title you can save some time and skip the read
No. One important aspect of the book that doesn't appear in the title is: People who get really good at something useful, also enjoy their work a lot more. The public view is often that passion leads to success. But the book argues that in many cases it is actually the other way around.
That's a big part of my problem - as a generalist I know many things, but am not an expert on anything specific.
Taking on a focused role leads to disappointment and loss of self esteem.
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#108I'm not obsessed about "working for my passion" or anything like that. I have a good life outside of work, supported by my high paying programmer job. I did a lot of job-hopping the past few years looking for the right place to work, and I finally found it. I look for companies that respect work-life balance, don't want me to work too hard, and have excellent engineering culture that values high quality work and has…
Out of curiosity, how old are you if I may ask? I just entered 30, but I do share some of my regrets and life perspectives from this post. Thanks for sharing your perspective!
I’m really early thirties and it resonates with me. I’ve been successful, but it’s hard not to look at any of the other paths I could have taken and wonder “what if.” Or, more precisely: what now?
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#109I love to write code, I love to ship products and I love to build businesses. But what I really love, what drives me, is solving interesting problems. That's my entire career. Solve interesting problems. "We're building a web2.0 exercise tracking..." No! "We're putting health records on the block..." Nein! "We're improving how people buy insuran..." Non! "We're creating a mobile app to submit expens..." Nee! "We're b…
Web developer for many years. Lost interest in CRUD apps because they’re mostly the same architecture with different content.
I’ve been learning WebGL and using math more than I have since college. It’s very rewarding and what I feel my Computer Science degree prepared me for. I spend a lot of time outdoors and my project is a map simulation of terrain shadows. Every time I’m outdoors and my model lines up with physical reality, I have an almost spiritual moment of feeling like I can comprehend the universe. :)
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#110I love to write code, I love to ship products and I love to build businesses. But what I really love, what drives me, is solving interesting problems. That's my entire career. Solve interesting problems. "We're building a web2.0 exercise tracking..." No! "We're putting health records on the block..." Nein! "We're improving how people buy insuran..." Non! "We're creating a mobile app to submit expens..." Nee! "We're b…
That's pretty much the tech scene in London right there.. "We're creating a new way for super-rich people to access their swiss bank accounts!" Yey...
Recruiter: "We're doing to from people by implementing that attaches to . Also, we'll have installed in people's homes for helping them live healthier, happier lives whilst partially clothed. We've raised that guarantees , with that ."
Paraphrasing from a recent recruiter pitch.