I Spent the last two years without any vacations, because I'm fan of learning and keep going ahead, and the jobs while they were good at the beginning they soon became really stagnant and time consuming, I ended up waking up at 6 am, and going back home at 9:30 pm between transport and job hours, so I barely saw my family between weekends, and some times I just stayed up late so I could keep learning something else, but there was a moment where those three points you mentioned at the beginning, just kept showing more and more and more, I decided to save enough for two months, and resigned to my job.
in the first month I even if I wanted I didn't spend more than 10 minutes touching code without getting angry, so basically the first month was my "detox" I went out more, spent more time with my family I spent quite a good amount gaming, and later on I re-discovered a teenage hobby I had, Music... I used to play electric guitar on my teenage years, and today I didn't have a guitar and I bought a electronic keyboard, so I could play some notes, this refreshed me so much, and when I ended those months (getting a job at the end of course) I am willing to keep learning as much as before, but this new job lets me spend less time working and more time with my family, and myself! I feel completely good now and ready to kick some code bases hahaha
My Advice for anyone in this case, is your job taking too much from you? try to request some time for yourself some people understand, some others won't and take time to yourself and what made you feel alive when you were younger, spend time with your family they are the ones that miss you most when you spend to much on jobs
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Love this reply Angel. I 100% agree. I think a lot of the times people over invest themselves in programming that they forget that they are allowed to have other passions. Shortly after writing this, I listened to a podcast featuring Laura Medalia, a software engineer that talks about her love for fashion as well as programming.
It brings lots of points that you brought in as well. It's important for programmers to separate themselves from their jobs and have other hobbies that they can escape with.
Cheers Angel.
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I Spent the last two years without any vacations, because I'm fan of learning and keep going ahead, and the jobs while they were good at the beginning they soon became really stagnant and time consuming, I ended up waking up at 6 am, and going back home at 9:30 pm between transport and job hours, so I barely saw my family between weekends, and some times I just stayed up late so I could keep learning something else, but there was a moment where those three points you mentioned at the beginning, just kept showing more and more and more, I decided to save enough for two months, and resigned to my job.
in the first month I even if I wanted I didn't spend more than 10 minutes touching code without getting angry, so basically the first month was my "detox" I went out more, spent more time with my family I spent quite a good amount gaming, and later on I re-discovered a teenage hobby I had, Music... I used to play electric guitar on my teenage years, and today I didn't have a guitar and I bought a electronic keyboard, so I could play some notes, this refreshed me so much, and when I ended those months (getting a job at the end of course) I am willing to keep learning as much as before, but this new job lets me spend less time working and more time with my family, and myself! I feel completely good now and ready to kick some code bases hahaha
My Advice for anyone in this case, is your job taking too much from you? try to request some time for yourself some people understand, some others won't and take time to yourself and what made you feel alive when you were younger, spend time with your family they are the ones that miss you most when you spend to much on jobs
Cheers Guys! don't forget yourselves!
Love this reply Angel. I 100% agree. I think a lot of the times people over invest themselves in programming that they forget that they are allowed to have other passions. Shortly after writing this, I listened to a podcast featuring Laura Medalia, a software engineer that talks about her love for fashion as well as programming.
It brings lots of points that you brought in as well. It's important for programmers to separate themselves from their jobs and have other hobbies that they can escape with.
Cheers Angel.