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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by stavros on Saturday February 20, 2021 @05:32PM (#26208596)
Seriously, I was between jobs for a while and it was the best time I've had in ages. I could (and would) do random projects that struck my fancy all the time, go out, see friends, write, design things... It was much more productive than a job, and I was constantly doing things with the parts of technology that don't suck.
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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by chris11 on Saturday February 20, 2021 @07:02PM (#26209370)
> Seriously, I was between jobs for a while and it was the best time I've had in ages.

I guess that depends on your financial situation. When I've been between jobs it has always stressed me out. I haven't been in a situation where I was worried about making rent or buying food, but I was worried about finding a new job.

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Re:How can you not be romantic about programming? (2020) by StavrosK on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:47AM (#26211934)
That's true, I live in a country where you can live luxuriously on $2k/mo.
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