When I left my nine-to-five to follow my passion, my life fell apart

Re:When I left my nine-to-five to follow my passion, my life... by starpilot on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:28AM (#18003210)

Very sobering article about the whole "chuck it all" dream, worth a read I thought.

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Re:When I left my nine-to-five to follow my passion, my life... by vonseel on Monday September 17, 2018 @01:50AM (#18003511)

Good timing.

I am in a similar boat. Will not elaborate much publicly but I was disillusioned with my work and quit to pretty much... do nothing, and develop my creative skills until I absolutely have to work. Definitely don’t have a great “story” to pitch for my next job on why I have taken so much time off or what I have been doing with my time, but I have an opportunity to work on software that should allow me to get back on my feet without too much interviewing hassle.

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Re:When I left my nine-to-five to follow my passion, my life... by sshine on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:41AM (#18003915)

I was in a similar boat in 2017.

Quit my FinTech job "because I was just making my bosses money" and didn't do much work for a year.

Got addicted to Crossfit and cocaine, travelled to the USA, Vietnam and Norway, and lived off Bitcoin.

The one thing I achieved was completing the last course to get my CS diploma.

Then I got a girlfriend, took a job, switched out the social circles, and started going to therapy.

I can make that year look like I was exploring, but really I was trying to escape some local optimum with some rather stupid strategies.

I'm happy my current employer didn't ask much about what I'd been doing recently, and that I can refer to my current job when I apply for my next job.

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