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Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
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#52Something that's a switch of gears from "deep, isolated knowledge work" to more action, people, managerial oriented work. Project management, realtor, small business owner, recruiter. If I'm tasked with something, it may take me a day or it may take me a week depending on how well I can think my way to a solution. Maybe it never comes, maybe I'm spending days searching the same SO answers for a morsel of insight or i…
Dude good point. The worst is when I’m stuck on an insignificant issue that is blocking the entire thing I’m working on.
Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
#53I would love to be a fiction writer. I am not good at fiction writing at all. But this is something I always romanticize about. Something about sitting in cafes or home and typing away seems like a perfect day to me. No need to debug, troubleshoot production issues, attend meetings, submit TPS reports, etc. Just you and your writing.
I spent four years in college for English literature. You can do that or you can just read the book 'Self-editing for Fiction Writers' and do the same thing in a tenth of the time. The other thing you could do is to join a writers workshop, in person is always good but there's no reason why you couldn't join some remote thing. The caveat is that however big the workshop is you need to read everyone else's work and co…
Thanks, I just bought the book.
Hard part is actually writing everyday though. After day job and social responsibilities, I have barely anytime. Then I recently got real estate license.
Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
#54Be a full time stay at home parent. Possibly including being a foster parent.
Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?
#55If money is not a concern, being an artist is exciting.
Being a good hacker really helps with creative processes.