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Discussion on: How To Stop Comparing Your Career To Other Developers

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kayis profile image
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Yes, this was and sometimes still is a problem for me too.

On the one hand I met really bad devs over the course of my career and had many customers pay me good money for my services.

On the other hand I see the OSS devs on Twitter/GitHub creating awesome frameworks and libraries and then getting hired by big corps.

I see that I shipped much projects which are used by many people, but I also see that I failed horribly in some interviews.

But yeah, the question is, what do you want from life and is it what other people want?

Sure, I don't work for Microsoft making 200k a year.

But I also just work 6-9 months a year and no 40h a week.

I also don't have a house or a wife and children.

I live in a shared flat, which cost much less and since I live polyamorous, I still have many people around me who I love.

There are many "non classical" ways to design your life :)

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Jayme Edwards 🍃💻

Great to hear your life and work decisions balance well for you! Thanks for sharing.