Re:Ask HN: I'm lost. Please help
by danielweber on Thursday May 16, 2013 @11:07PM
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I remember working at a start-up and realizing what a huge portion of my personal wealth was stuck in it, and that I couldn't just quit.
Eventually I did quit, and everything was okay.
If this is your second job ever, then it's natural that you feel like this job represents a huge portion of your life's work. That's only true in that it represents your life's work up to that point. When you are 60, this will be something you see as a tiny portion of your work life. Eventually when you list the things you are most technically proud of (which you said you are), this probably won't make the top 5, because you will make so many more awesome things over the course of your career.
Eventually I did quit, and everything was okay.
If this is your second job ever, then it's natural that you feel like this job represents a huge portion of your life's work. That's only true in that it represents your life's work up to that point. When you are 60, this will be something you see as a tiny portion of your work life. Eventually when you list the things you are most technically proud of (which you said you are), this probably won't make the top 5, because you will make so many more awesome things over the course of your career.