Working on my startup for Charging and Routing optimization for EVs in Fleet. https://www.makemydayapp.com
Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
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#512I'll continue working on my open source crm iceburg.ca I just added an admin builder, image/video fields and a workflow feature. We'll see what the next year brings.
Curious about the name - in US English we spell it iceberg. Is it spelled differently in CA, or was it an intentional decision?
It's a common misspelling in Canada which allowed me pickup the domain name. I didn't realize it when I purchased the name many years ago. When I was trying out a few domain names in google this name is the one name that didn't seem to exist as a crm.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#513- I'm pretty gung-ho to finish the first draft of my novel. - I'll make as much progress as I can on my text adventure. - I would love to update my Pico-8 z-machine "Status Line" to v3.0 to support said text adventure (add .z5, .z7, .z8 support). Then I can finally stop thinking about that project and mark it officially "done," bug-fixes notwithstanding. ( https://christopherdrum.itch.io/statusline ) - If the Jai pro…
I self-published my first (and only so far) novel last year. It's an amazing feeling when you see your printed book. I still sometimes wonder to myself, "did I really do that?" I wish you the best with your novel.
Thank you, and congratulations on your own published novel. I'm happy to hear a success story!
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on this year?
#514I'm working on changing careers. After 10 years of struggling to find the right role/company/environment in software dev or product management, I realized that I just don't like making software. Period. Made some good friends, enjoyed some of the work, learned a lot, got pretty decent at the whole SaaS thing, but I just don't like it. That realization over the last couple weeks has been a huge relief. I'd like to exp…
I feel the same, but how do you change the golden handcuffs? If I leave the industry I’ll never afford a home. If I look at jobs online I’ve seen commissioned officers in the army get paid less than me. I feel trapped, the more I progressed in the industry the more I’ve grown to hate technology.
I don't have a good answer. the money and possible upside of future opportunities in software are probably the biggest things keeping me tied to this work. I keep coming back to these things when I doubt myself:
1. what kind of person do i aspire to be? what kind of life do I want to lead and what example do i want to set for my kids and my family? one who is miserable but makes good money and is just in it for the paycheck. or someone who lives a life of purpose, passion and enthusiasm. 2. people who are passionate, excited and invested in something can usually find a way to make good money. especially these days. 3. being less than enthused about what I do might actually be what's keeping me from finding more financial success