New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Have you ever taken a career break or gap year to hack?
Ask HN: Have you ever taken a career break or gap year to hack?
6 by dheera | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Have any of you taken a career break or gap year just to hack on interesting projects? I'm thinking about doing this for my own mental health, whether they be open source projects, fun projects, or projects that might be eventually monetizable and turn into a business (but without the pressure to necessarily do so). After burnout in the corporate world it would be nice to just do what I feel like doing for a while. Financially, I'm good to do this for a certain amount of time, but at some point I'll need to work again -- my savings is fine for some years, but nowhere close to retirement. Have any of you taken this kind of gap? Did you ever feel that your lack of a line on your resume caused the constant influx of recruiter emails to slowly start dwindling, and your "I can always get a job" lifeline started vanishing at some point? Or did you feel it was a non-issue, and that recruiters continued to see your technical abilities without the job title?
6 by dheera | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Have any of you taken a career break or gap year just to hack on interesting projects? I'm thinking about doing this for my own mental health, whether they be open source projects, fun projects, or projects that might be eventually monetizable and turn into a business (but without the pressure to necessarily do so). After burnout in the corporate world it would be nice to just do what I feel like doing for a while. Financially, I'm good to do this for a certain amount of time, but at some point I'll need to work again -- my savings is fine for some years, but nowhere close to retirement. Have any of you taken this kind of gap? Did you ever feel that your lack of a line on your resume caused the constant influx of recruiter emails to slowly start dwindling, and your "I can always get a job" lifeline started vanishing at some point? Or did you feel it was a non-issue, and that recruiters continued to see your technical abilities without the job title?
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