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Ask HN: How to improve career once established in my job?

Hello everyone! So I'm trying to get ideas on how to improve my software engineer career given that I am well established in my current job.How have you personally done this? Can you give me any tips/ideas?I am OK spending some of my personal time doing this, I just don't know exactly _how_ to do it? Is it blogging? Working on some personal projects? Open Source?Thanks!

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Ask HN: Internet/Video games ruined my ability to enjoy crafty hobbies. What do?

How can I know if I'm getting bored of an hobby because I genuinely don't like it or because its my inability to deal with instant gratification? I've tried writing (I have an idea for a book that I think its cool) but after writing for more than 15 to 20 minutes, I get bored of it. I like playing guitar, and I have tried creating music, but I get bored of it: I much rather play other people's...

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Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:19AM (#22108271)
Does this mean that, for instance, if you're writing a novel, you start without a structured outline?