Wow, so... I'm also an Adam who has had all of these thoughts and (in many cases) the same reactions, and I can also attest to my ex-coworkers not liking me very much. Especially when I refused to work unpaid overtime - it's like people get jealous that I have the guts to use my non-work time properly while they sit doing poorly planned tasks.
Altogether, I wonder if I'm looking at the future -- except I don't have a job and you're successful! So there's hope for me!
Seriously, I'm thrilled to know that I'm not just crazy about this stuff. But rather than commiserate, I'm wondering if you might give me some advice out of your wealth of experience. I have a background in tech, but never as an employed programmer. However, I'd like to be... an employed programmer. How can I take my variety of self-taught skills and turn them into a job? How did you do it when you were trying to break in?
Wow, so... I'm also an Adam who has had all of these thoughts and (in many cases) the same reactions, and I can also attest to my ex-coworkers not liking me very much. Especially when I refused to work unpaid overtime - it's like people get jealous that I have the guts to use my non-work time properly while they sit doing poorly planned tasks.
Altogether, I wonder if I'm looking at the future -- except I don't have a job and you're successful! So there's hope for me!
Seriously, I'm thrilled to know that I'm not just crazy about this stuff. But rather than commiserate, I'm wondering if you might give me some advice out of your wealth of experience. I have a background in tech, but never as an employed programmer. However, I'd like to be... an employed programmer. How can I take my variety of self-taught skills and turn them into a job? How did you do it when you were trying to break in?
I wrote a whole article on this subject: dev.to/bytebodger/one-crazy-trick-...