somone

Re:Rails Consulting for Fun and Profit on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @10:23PM (#7061463)

Now you're going down this road: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-specific_and_gender-neut...

Re:Is it an accepted behavior on HN to repost a url, say once a week? on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @06:09AM (#7056383)

No, but it is ok to have a blog, generate content that is newsworthy about your app, your company, or you other than the same old same old just worded differently, and then post links to that. It says a lot about you that you asked, so I think you'll be fine. Good luck with your app.

Re:Ask HN: I'm a burned-out developer. Who should I talk to? on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:18PM (#7055342)

I don't really have a lot of motivation, so what I do with my spare time is to waste it. I am naturally talented musically, but have little formal training, and I can't feed my family with that. I don't have enough money to lie on a beach for an extended time without fucking my savings.

Good advice about trying to let go of the things that are holding me back. I've thought more about going back to school, but not sure what I'd want to study.

Re:Ask HN: I'm a burned-out developer. Who should I talk to? on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:03PM (#7055285)

Have worked in a variety of situations and companies and currently not in a company where I could transition to anything else. I have thought about becoming a technical writer, but I've heard you can't just hop into it- they expect you have a relevant degree and experience. Basically, this career has fucked my chance of doing anything else but something related to technology.

Re:Ask HN: What are some good certifications for a junior developer? on Monday January 13, 2014 @10:57PM (#7055272)

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/mcpd-certification.a...

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.ge...

But if you already have a job, you don't need one. They might help you land a job if you don't have a CS degree. Also agree with the other comment: if you are doing JS, etc. then get active in GitHub.

Ask HN: I'm a burned-out developer. Who should I talk to?

Posted by somone on Monday January 13, 2014 @10:48PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm burned-out. I talked to a career counselor who didn't know what to say to me, because I told him that I was sick of IT, software development, and anything related to them. He was used to just helping people polish themselves, not to tell them what they should do. He is one of the top two in the area, so I lost some hope there. I'm now thinking of going to a psychiatrist. I've been this way...

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