I feel like I've been in the exact same position as the author for the past couple years. Ever since graduating with a CS degree.
I've tried a few different things to break the rut (chronological listing):
- full time 9-5er for a year
- 3 month internship working at a cool start-up
- freelancing from home as an independent contractor
Every time I start a new programming job I feel excited, but that feeling quickly disappears and I fall back into the same rut.
By taking breaks from programming I've only been feeding this cycle.
I've had thoughts of pursuing a career where programming is only 50% or less of the job.
Have any HNers been successful doing something like that? By starting a modest start-up perhaps?
Focusing on developing a physical product to sell online could be really fun and would seemingly entail doing lots of different things, most importantly using programming as the means to sell online and not the core work.
I've tried a few different things to break the rut (chronological listing): - full time 9-5er for a year - 3 month internship working at a cool start-up - freelancing from home as an independent contractor
Every time I start a new programming job I feel excited, but that feeling quickly disappears and I fall back into the same rut.
By taking breaks from programming I've only been feeding this cycle.
I've had thoughts of pursuing a career where programming is only 50% or less of the job.
Have any HNers been successful doing something like that? By starting a modest start-up perhaps?
Focusing on developing a physical product to sell online could be really fun and would seemingly entail doing lots of different things, most importantly using programming as the means to sell online and not the core work.