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Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by dang » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 7:17 PM UTC

mdgrech23 wrote: post #12

iyogeshjoshi wrote: post #7

There is this very popular place earlier known as Hacker School and now known as Recurse Center at NYC, so if you can manage to arrange some place to live in NYC I suggest you to go and check out this place. It's community driven and ask for no fee though is very good and worth giving a try. Here is the link to the same https://www.recurse.com

This is nonsense, unless the OP lives in or around NYC this advice is useless.

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Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by sys_64738 » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 7:58 PM UTC

I recommend you tell your immediate boss that you are bored with work and not motivated. They'll quickly help you out.

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by fecak » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 8:09 PM UTC

yellowbuilding wrote: post #97

fecak wrote: post #14

I do career consulting (and resume writing) mostly for clients from tech. I think some arrangement where you had multiple forms of income (or potential income) might be a good solution for you. What might that look like? - Freelance software development - This would give you some control over what types of projects you work on, and you could focus on areas that really interest you. Maybe it would be projects that ena…

Can you share some info about ‘career consulting’? How does one go about finding a career consultant? Do you work for clients direct? What are the deliverables? Meetings by the hour?

You could do a search on LinkedIn or just general web search for "career consultant" or the more popular term "career coach". I prefer "consultant" based on what I do and the level of service I provide. There are lots of people calling themselves "career coach" that are more about inspiring people (like a life coach) and less about providing actionable advice and solving real problems.

I do work for clients directly, and typically charge for consults on an hourly basis (which can be broken up into smaller sessions as necessary). My contact info is in my HN profile.

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by ido » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 9:34 PM UTC

sridca wrote: post #99

InGodsName wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assumed he's single. Asia in particular is lot of fun.

Quite interesting to see (single) Westerners moving to Asia to find happiness, all the while here I'm born in India but had moved to the West to find independence and opportunities. Right now I'm looking towards achieving a balance: get dual passport and live 1/4th of the year in India and the rest in Canada (including other countries). Works well for me as I prefer, and am happy, to be single.

The western singles looking for that (I assume) are still hoping to make their money in the West (remotely) and enjoy all the western privileges and “eastern” lower cost of living at the same time.

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by seatdrummer » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 10:14 PM UTC

expertentipp wrote: post #80

phkahler wrote: post #24

You may want to change your attitude toward work. There's a reason it's called "work" and not playtime. There's a reason they pay you to do it. I like to think about the guy stuck in a shit town, working in a coal mine. Maybe they all drink themselves to oblivion and I'm delusional, but I envision at least some of them this way: Guy goes down there and busts his ass all day in the dark, getting dirty as fuck, probabl…

> I like to think about the guy stuck in a shit town, working in a coal mine. Maybe they all drink themselves to oblivion and I'm delusional > Guy goes down there and busts his ass all day in the dark, getting dirty as fuck, probably doing long term damage to his lungs and such. But it's his job and at the end of the day he goes home to his wife, kids, and dog, and realizes that work is just something he has to do to…

Life is hard and it will demand hard people.

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by seatdrummer » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 10:21 PM UTC

PascLeRasc wrote: post #68

phkahler wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I realize my response may not be helpful and is not in the normal spirit of HN. But OP said this "My ideal life would be one where I am free to explore things that interest me and share that knowledge with others." Look, not everyone can be an Instagram model or a YouTube star. Sometimes a good smack in the face is what's needed to spark a little motivation. Sometimes not, but I think it's worth putting out there. Fo…

https://twitter.com/dril/status/473265809079693312?s=21 I think it says a lot about your worldview and experience if you think there are only two careers (industry drone and Instagram celebrity). There are lots of jobs people find happiness through, like teaching or creating art. If you have some time off work for new years, I'd recommend playing the game The Stanley Parable.

Do you think the person you replied to would really think their world view is based off the two paths you've listed? Also deferring to a video game for philosophical discussion....

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by seatdrummer » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 10:23 PM UTC

world32 wrote: post #93

phkahler wrote: post #24

You may want to change your attitude toward work. There's a reason it's called "work" and not playtime. There's a reason they pay you to do it. I like to think about the guy stuck in a shit town, working in a coal mine. Maybe they all drink themselves to oblivion and I'm delusional, but I envision at least some of them this way: Guy goes down there and busts his ass all day in the dark, getting dirty as fuck, probabl…

Horrible advice. If everybody thought like this then we would still be living in caves.

If nobody thought like this you wouldn't have people building sky scrapers and collecting garbage in the winter

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by downrightmike » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:12 AM UTC

I had a guitar teacher who put it like: When you're learning to play a song, eventually you'll hate playing it, but you need to keep practicing to get better and get back to liking the song again.

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:19 AM UTC

seatdrummer wrote: post #105

expertentipp wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I like to think about the guy stuck in a shit town, working in a coal mine. Maybe they all drink themselves to oblivion and I'm delusional > Guy goes down there and busts his ass all day in the dark, getting dirty as fuck, probably doing long term damage to his lungs and such. But it's his job and at the end of the day he goes home to his wife, kids, and dog, and realizes that work is just something he has to do to…

Life is hard and it will demand hard people.

I regret having only one upvote.

Re: Ask HN: What should I do when I'm bored with my career?

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Post by sky_projektor » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 5:24 PM UTC

Wish I had an answer to your question. But, you can try living alone in a jungle & do the necessary things for basic survival, cultivate, hunt, cook, tailor, etc. Those activities can help you get a new interest in regular things & after a period of such stay, mundane things would appear interesting to live for.