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Re: Ask HN: Why do you code?

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Fortunately I have a pair of prospects in the works. Hopefully one of them pans out.

That's what I ended up doing, took on some side projects to keep my head clear first and then used them as portfolio fodder for a new job. Good luck!

Good news! Got the job that I was most hoping to get, and it came with a 7.5% raise. Win win!

Re: Ask HN: Why do you code?

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It's evolved over the years: Age 9: It's fun Age 13: It's fun, and my parents won't buy me any games for my C64 so I have to write my own Age 24: It's fun, and I can automate all this boring repetitive business stuff to get my work done faster so that I can play more Freecell and Tetris. Age 26: It's fun, and The Internet just happened and suddenly everybody wants to pay me three times what I'm worth to do it. Woohoo…

What's that SaaS project? If you don't mind sharing...

Looking at his profile it might be http://www.fairtutor.com/
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