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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.
I'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…
I still dream about FIRE and working as a 1-3 person studio working on silly creative little games for the joy of it.
I'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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It could be that you will never love technology, but you might love art, music, science, trade work, teaching. Maybe try to make a list of the things in your life that bring you the most joy and motivation and see how they fit in a Venn diagram.
I'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.
Learn from it, and then apply what you can for the benefit of older you. Regret is pernicious.
I fell in love with developing measurement equipment. It started in grad school, realizing that I really wasn't cut out for a basic research career (in a massively overcrowded academic job market), but that I got a lot of satisfaction from being able to solve hard technical problems. Today, measurement systems combine many of my hobbies, including electronics and programming. I would get bored with becoming a special…
You absolutely can. I fell into a great gig by accident. But it's a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket. Companies get bought, cultures change, priorities shift and if you can't detach yourself from work or find another outlet you'll be frustrated. Balance is key and I'd say a fulfilling personal life is healthier thing to aspire towards.
But if something is bugging you about this, maybe you could invest some time giving one step back and getting to know yourself better. This will make the exploration on your options more assertive. Study your personality and temperament. Read some biographies of successful people with the same personality of you. Consider options of fields that are more dynamic and let you work on a wide variety of fields (e.g.: entrepreneurship).
Instead of looking for the right activity for yourself, I’d suggest looking for the right mission or purpose for yourself. Doing any task in any fields but that is actually linked to a strong sense of purpose is much more fun.
As a programmer, I am looking for the best development tools.
I love my creative coding project. I built it from scratch and it works.
I’ve moved around a lot in my career as well. For a few years my objective was to work my way from a low paying IT help desk role to an Engineer at FAANG/tech company. My other motivation was to work on things that were interesting to me. I used to worry that the diversity of my career experience and duration of certain jobs could work against me in finding future roles. It turned out that my diversity of experience was an asset to my future career prospects.
I think that is the nice thing about a tech career. You can do a lot of different things, make decent to really good money doing it, and you aren't penalized for trying different things.