New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How do you stay motivated to work in long term?
Ask HN: How do you stay motivated to work in long term?
2 by throw93 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been working as a software dev for a long time now and at start I couldn't wait to get into office to build interesting stuff. I'm now old(40s), tired and absolutely hate my job. I still enjoy writing code but the constant pressure and deadlines has taken out all the passion from the job. I did not take managerial roles because I'm simply not good at it. I will go extra lengths to help someone, but can't manage them. I don't have enough savings to just bolt off, not even close. The fact that I have to run on this hamsterwheel till I die makes me very depressed. For reasons I don't wanna mention here, I can't be without job no matter what. I used to be one of the top performers when I was young but now I'm probably in bottom 20% and constantly in fear of losing my job which would be devastating. On the side, I have been writing a chatbot for twitch and it's the only thing that gives me satisfaction. But it's not earning me any money and probably isn't my way out. I also feel betrayed...I have made so much money to the companies I worked for and all I get in return is job insecurity. this sucks!
2 by throw93 | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I've been working as a software dev for a long time now and at start I couldn't wait to get into office to build interesting stuff. I'm now old(40s), tired and absolutely hate my job. I still enjoy writing code but the constant pressure and deadlines has taken out all the passion from the job. I did not take managerial roles because I'm simply not good at it. I will go extra lengths to help someone, but can't manage them. I don't have enough savings to just bolt off, not even close. The fact that I have to run on this hamsterwheel till I die makes me very depressed. For reasons I don't wanna mention here, I can't be without job no matter what. I used to be one of the top performers when I was young but now I'm probably in bottom 20% and constantly in fear of losing my job which would be devastating. On the side, I have been writing a chatbot for twitch and it's the only thing that gives me satisfaction. But it's not earning me any money and probably isn't my way out. I also feel betrayed...I have made so much money to the companies I worked for and all I get in return is job insecurity. this sucks!
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