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Do you really think you should make all your major life choices based on what an HR droid reading your resume might think?
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#52Take one month's expenses, move out your pad if you're renting and go teach English overseas until you get your senses back. Everyone needs their 2-years of fucking around backpacking before they hit 30. I am just coming back from mine; 20 countries in 2 years and stories for a life time. Cost me less than 10k a year to live like that. Cheers!
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>Do you think you will have any trouble explaining your time off to a potential employer?
Do not live your life based on the opinions of future employers.
Please, do anything but. There is a large, large world out there that you should do your best to experience.
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#53I'm surprised nobody suggested.. keep doing that crap. Maybe you'll get lucky and your site or your employer will have a liquidity event.
I've been burned out on worthless web software, programming, etc for a long time now. There's not much new and exciting as there was when I was a teenager, learning Linux and programming. I just keep doing it half-assedly now.
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#54"My neck has been hurting for two years for spending so many hours in front of the computer." Is is possible that you feel crappy and are blaming your work environment? I've been sitting in front of a computer for 30 years and my neck never hurts. In fact, nothing does. No matter what you decide, you must take care of yourself. If you don't feel well, you won't be happy doing anything. There are many references on th…
Yes, share what you do to feel great.
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#55Go to school, and learn a new skill, something that has always fascinated you but that you've never pursued. Meet new people, expand your horizons. Defer your student loans.
Also, if you're good at what you do (and it seems like you are) - you'll probably end up coming back to it, but just need the time out to recharge and refresh, or maybe you'll just become a painter because of all the talent you had that you never discovered earlier because you were too busy writing code.
Best of luck.
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Do you think you will have any trouble explaining your time off to a potential employer? Every job I ever got was because I gate crashed, usually at a pub or cocktail party. Whenever I talk to someone who I feel like we can work together, I just ask them about their business/project and put myself in their shoes. The great majority of the time I would "not hire myself", because I know I am unfit to help them. But if…
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> I am just coming back from mine; 20 countries in 2 years I'm curious. 1) Did you bring your own netbook/laptop along and 2) How well are you handling your "re-entry" (e.g. hanging out with friends who knew you pre-travel)?
I took a laptop and a digital camera with me and ended up hating them every step of the way. My first travels I did Africa and the middle-east, the second I did asia. In countries where I have "based" myself, anything more than 4 weeks; the laptop has been a good useful distraction. When you're shocked by a local culture which you have to deal with for extended survival (anything more substantial than a western-style…
Allot of stuff, most of it unfit to print.
Only boring stuff is unfit to print. You should write a book, or at least a blog. Seriously.
I'm reminded of that Goethe quote about how people's personalities are made up of a desire for a combination of love, adventure, power and fame. Reading this comment makes me feel like the "adventure" component has been neglected in my own life :(
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>Do you think you will have any trouble explaining your time off to a potential employer? Do not live your life based on the opinions of future employers. Please, do anything but. There is a large, large world out there that you should do your best to experience.
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Yes! Anything closer to El Paso TX?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Divide_Trail Also useful: http://www.pmags.com/joomla/index.php/Backpacking-and-Hiking...
This is why I love HN.
Last weekend we went to Matacanes near Monterrey, Mexico. It was a great trip. I went with a group of 8 hackers from work. Turns out the other 10 people in the trip were also hackers.
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#60"My neck has been hurting for two years for spending so many hours in front of the computer." Is is possible that you feel crappy and are blaming your work environment? I've been sitting in front of a computer for 30 years and my neck never hurts. In fact, nothing does. No matter what you decide, you must take care of yourself. If you don't feel well, you won't be happy doing anything. There are many references on th…
"No matter what you decide, you must take care of yourself."
I second this! I've been experimenting quite a bit, and my diet and exercise patterns definitely shape my feelings about work more than the B.S. I experience per day.
All of the common health wisdom you know will incrementally help in the short term, even if it's not a long-term solution. If you're feeling irrationally irritable, stop drinking caffeine. If you're feeling tired in the afternoon, eat a light healthy lunch and get some sleep. If you're feeling sore, make sure to stretch out every morning, and make sure you're sitting up straight. Exercise always helps!