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Re:Ask HN: Meaningful jobs outside the office by Winterflow3r on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @07:15PM (#15555113)
I hear you. I've been in the industry for less than 4 years. I love coding, but not the industry. Last spring i burned myself to the ground building a project with unreasonable deadlines. I was sleeping less than 4h a night and couldn't keep any food down. In the end, the project was replaced by a newer shinier library. It all felt for nothing. I left soon afterwards and have transitioned from office work to fulltime remote freelancing & consulting while I attempt to bootstrap a small company that will hopefully cover my living costs and allow me to help my family. I haven't left IT but I'm hopefully getting closer to an arrangement where i can keep coding without and have a healthy balance.
Re:Ask HN: Meaningful jobs outside the office by swah on Thursday October 26, 2017 @11:42AM (#15559909)
How did you start into consulting ? I'm tired of the office.

About the software you wrote as wasn't even used said: that st happens, and we can't get too attached to the things we produce - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost right?