Marry a doctor or lawyer.
Sugarmomma FTW. I married a teacher though, so startup it is. At least I get free health insurance.
I don't want to work very hard
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Re: I don't want to work very hard
#42Dude, I could have written your post (with some minor changes) I feel the same way quite often. I think it happens after you have a certain level of expertise at your job - you're not really learning anymore, you're just maintaining, putting in new features, etc. I don't job hop TOO often, but I have worked on average 2 years per job. Part of that also is geographic as well as career considerations, but it was always…
Ah, I follow your blog. Tried out TimeSvr after your review. I'm going to ponder my options for a few weeks. I may be in touch, but thanks for extending an invitation in any case.
No problem. Someone else has contacted me after seeing my post here as well, and it's an open invitation to anyone reading - if you want to join Lazy Hackers, LLC, get in touch =)
sid@sidsavara.com (why not, have at it spammers, I have Google's spam filter =P)
Re: I don't want to work very hard
#43Here's what you do:
1. Work your ass off to have good savings if you don't already. This may take a few years.
2. Make sure that there are people in the US who would like to work with you as an independent contractor so that you know you can make a buck when necessary.
3. Move to a foreign country with an advantageous exchange rate (Argentina comes to mind).
4. Buy some property in a place you like and relax! Your money will go very far in such a place.
Living in the US and not working are fairly incompatible unless you're loaded.
Re: I don't want to work very hard
#44"The thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life more refined, with a bleak capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me. - Einstein I think most people on HN could relate to this quote. Like it or not, as professional developers, we rarely create, but simply refine. It was fun at the start of my career, but now my professional life seems rather unimaginative.
I think we could learn a lot by interacting with people completely outside of our industry who you know are not doing the work for the money.
Re: I don't want to work very hard
#45Yes. What you're looking for is a job in enterprise IT.
I haven't been enterprise IT, but I have been an enterprise dev. That was the place I got away with 2h per week. The problem is that not all my hobbies are digital, so I couldn't pursue them while 'at work'. And I just grew to resent the 38h sitting and 15h commuting per week.
I've seen many late-night infomercials promising exactly the position you're looking for, with many exciting ground-floor sales opportunities.
Re: I don't want to work very hard
#46I'm afraid the good times won't keep rolling. Over the next fifty years, humanity is going to face the largest ever crises amongst those that it has the ability to deal with: potential global catastrophe from climate change, and certain global catastrophe unless we develop and widely deploy effective non-fossil energy sources. I say "it has the ability to deal with" because if people become aware of the seriousness o…
That depends entirely on where you live.
Re: I don't want to work very hard
#47So, if on average you were pushing an (hours worked/hours present) ratio of between 0.5-.15 how much of the money paid to you would the hours you were present but not engaged be worth to you?
I should mention that I too find the application of industrial age factory schedules to intellectual production to be equally ludicrous, but have so far found the transaction costs of alternative compensation structures to be too expensive and or risky.
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#48Re: I don't want to work very hard
#49You, sir, are an Oxygen Thief.