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Re:I am quitting my job. Is this a good idea? on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:17PM (#11443130)
Unfortunately my current employer is fairly unopen to the idea of any kind of commercial development on the side.
Re:I am quitting my job. Is this a good idea? on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:15PM (#11443124)
Thanks! I'll need to factor in a few more months of runway for a potential job search.
Re:I am quitting my job. Is this a good idea? on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:12PM (#11443108)
Thanks for the response. I like the idea of having a date/metric that I should stick by.
Re:I am quitting my job. Is this a good idea? on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:09PM (#11443087)
yes definitely. I think my current work is not very fulfilling. Don't get me wrong there have been some technical challenges that have been fun to solve over the past 2 years. But day to day its very slow and a bit boring. Everything kind of speeds up before a release and its fun for a month or two and then everything kind of dies down.

I am quitting my job. Is this a good idea?

Hi HN, I am 25 years old and working as a programmer for 2 years now. I have a good amount of money saved up (>75 k cash) and I am planning on quitting my job and trying to figure out what to do next. I don't hate my job I make good money and I get to save a lot. But I don't love it either. I have a couple of ideas for startups and some random apps that could potentially make money and I am...

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