Ask HN: I'm Tired of Hacking. What Do I Do? Please Advise.

Re:Ask HN: I'm Tired of Hacking. What Do I Do? Please Advise. by Adrenalist on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:04PM (#629052)

Sounds like a case of burnout to me. I think a lot of people would envy your position, especially given today's economic climate. Without knowing anything of your situation, except that you don't want to work on computers any longer, I'd suggest taking a step back and really analyze your situation. Have a serious conversation about your immediate future with someone that you respect (parent, mentor, older friends/siblings, fellow hackers) and see what they'd say about your life, in general. Also, get out and socialize more. You obviously have a knack for putting together successful projects, so use those skills to help other people out. You will feel better about lending your skills and time to someone less fortunate.

Also, read some books? The 4 hour work week comes immediately to mind. You haven't defined success for YOUR life yet, it seems to me.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm Tired of Hacking. What Do I Do? Please Advise. by swolchok on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:17PM (#629070)

I find it interesting that "spouse" or "significant other" was not in the "someone that you respect" list.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm Tired of Hacking. What Do I Do? Please Advise. by Adrenalist on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:28PM (#629098)

For some reason, I pictured the original poster as single.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm Tired of Hacking. What Do I Do? Please Advise. by wooster on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:27PM (#629091)

I just figured the implicit assumption was the original poster doesn't have a spouse or significant other.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm Tired of Hacking. What Do I Do? Please Advise. by radu_floricica on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:46PM (#629155)

This is a very common sense advice, but I don't think it will do any good in this case. He most likely knows/tried all of this.

Reading is a good idea, though, just not professional books (or not in particular). There's a lot of interesting stuff around if you look a bit.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm Tired of Hacking. What Do I Do? Please Advise. by stavrianos on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @04:20PM (#629077)

or at least, whatever definition he DID come up with is no longer valid.

I think that the measure of success is something that has to be discovered, rather than defined. It's not as though people are able to choose what they want- all they can choose is how to best go about it.

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