News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege. Parent comment

Re:Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege by rmtew on Monday May 30, 2016 @05:17PM (#11803258)
The article was about some woman who was unhappy and quit her job, and had some resources to fall back on.

I am sure lots of points can be projected onto it, but the long and the short is she didn't do a very good job at saying anything very clearly.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege by jm_l on Monday May 30, 2016 @05:30PM (#11803323)
Her clearest point to me was when she wrote:

"I don’t want anyone who works a 9-to-5 to feel like a fool for staying at a stable job, or feel wrong if they actually enjoy it."

The whole romanticized narrative of quitting your job to pursue your passion is certainly something I've encountered, and I appreciate her point of view on that narrative.

[ Parent | on HN ]