Re:Ask HN: Anyone else regrets leaving old job for a new one?
by sokoloff on Monday January 02, 2023 @04:36PM
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I left a fantastic game studio to a hedge fund internal startup. Thought I’d made a mistake at first, but it turned out to be one of the most enjoyable working experiences of my life in the end.
It was just a lot harder at first, which is ironically much of the driver for me to leave the game studio, because I’d learned a lot and loved the space (auto racing simulations), but wanted to keep growing as a dev and thought that would be slower at the game company.
If you don’t have specific, unlikely to change negatives, give it more time. You’ll get back to the point where no one notices if you take off a bit here and there. (You might already be there.)
It was just a lot harder at first, which is ironically much of the driver for me to leave the game studio, because I’d learned a lot and loved the space (auto racing simulations), but wanted to keep growing as a dev and thought that would be slower at the game company.
If you don’t have specific, unlikely to change negatives, give it more time. You’ll get back to the point where no one notices if you take off a bit here and there. (You might already be there.)