Re:You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make
by cr0sh on Thursday February 14, 2019 @03:14PM
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> I doubt we can code for 12-14 hours a day steadily for a long period of time.
For me, it depends on what I'm coding. If I were to go home and work on something practical or "planned" - yeah, I might not like that much.
But if it's for something fun, or just "playing around" - then I can do that all day long. I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, I recall just "futzing around on my computer". Now, granted, this was in the 1980s - and my computer was an 8-bit TRS-80 - but I played.
That's what I like to do today. I'm not there to make anything revolutionary - but rather just to play around with an idea or concept. Maybe one day it's Python with some OpenGL or QT; maybe another it's maze generation algorithms in Javascript; on another day it might be some kind of sound generation code in QB64!
Just all for fun - for myself. Not for a business, not for anything else much except maybe learning something new, and having some fun!
Being a kid again, in a way; I'm 45 years old, btw.
This could really be anything; you could do the same with hardware - an Arduino project for fun, or maybe Lego (you could combine all three - fun coding on an Arduino to control your Lego motors or whatnot)...
The key is that it isn't work - it is instead play. Just because you're an adult, doesn't mean you can't play, or that you shouldn't play. That's a lie that society wants you to believe.
Instead of thinking "I need me time to make a business" instead just say "I need me time to play" - sure, it won't lead to you becoming rich monetarily, but it will make you happier, possibly healthier.
Call it a hobby, call it playing with your toys, just don't call it work - because it shouldn't be.
For me, it depends on what I'm coding. If I were to go home and work on something practical or "planned" - yeah, I might not like that much.
But if it's for something fun, or just "playing around" - then I can do that all day long. I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, I recall just "futzing around on my computer". Now, granted, this was in the 1980s - and my computer was an 8-bit TRS-80 - but I played.
That's what I like to do today. I'm not there to make anything revolutionary - but rather just to play around with an idea or concept. Maybe one day it's Python with some OpenGL or QT; maybe another it's maze generation algorithms in Javascript; on another day it might be some kind of sound generation code in QB64!
Just all for fun - for myself. Not for a business, not for anything else much except maybe learning something new, and having some fun!
Being a kid again, in a way; I'm 45 years old, btw.
This could really be anything; you could do the same with hardware - an Arduino project for fun, or maybe Lego (you could combine all three - fun coding on an Arduino to control your Lego motors or whatnot)...
The key is that it isn't work - it is instead play. Just because you're an adult, doesn't mean you can't play, or that you shouldn't play. That's a lie that society wants you to believe.
Instead of thinking "I need me time to make a business" instead just say "I need me time to play" - sure, it won't lead to you becoming rich monetarily, but it will make you happier, possibly healthier.
Call it a hobby, call it playing with your toys, just don't call it work - because it shouldn't be.