I'm a loser and I want to change that - now

Post by piotry » Sun, Mar 24, 2013, 7:50 PM UTC

gravedave wrote: post #167

edw519 wrote: post #54

I have been a dreamer all my life. It took me until last year to figure this out, and only thanks to this community. Great. Dreaming is necessary but not sufficient for great accomplishments. Glad you're one of us. I hardly ever tried - and when I tried, I didn't persist. It has been my goal to start a business since ever I can remember. And yet I never really tried (until last year, which resulted in abysmal failure…

I have similar desires to qisine (though younger and a bit better with pointers), and realise that I need a market myself, but can't find anything that I can do that people would be willing to pay for, or not find an already existing alternative.

Post by jason_tko » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 9:27 AM UTC

knightni wrote: post #174

rohern wrote: post #108

Look. Becoming a programmer is NOT going to give you a satisfying life. Being a programmer is fucking boring. Companies do not give a shit what cool stuff you've built once they hire you. They want you to spend your time figuring out why their automated build system is broken and optimizing their databases. Sitting in front of a screen for 8-12 hours a day is a terrible approach to achieving satisfaction in your life…

> Being a programmer is fucking boring ... They want you to spend your time ... optimizing their databases Honestly, I really fucking love optimising databases. I can't believe my luck that people want to pay me to do that sort of work for 8 hours a day. To me, hell is having to define and defend my own problem. I would loathe running a startup - I love the feeling, instead, of having people come to me to solve their…

Post by venusbai » Tue, Mar 26, 2013, 8:15 PM UTC

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