Most jobs are boring, but I find interesting things to learn in almost every boring task I've been given over my career. It keeps me interested and can be used as building blocks to work on something more interesting.
I don't think there's any way around this. Even if you run your own company, 99% of the work isn't glamorous or world-changing..but needs to be done.
"Ideally, I don't want to spend my whole day in front of a computer. But I do want to make enough money to go on vacation occasionally, and I want the flexibility and mobility that it seems like only the tech industry is offering these days. Millennials, right?"
I wanted this too, so about 10 years ago I started contracting. I can work from anywhere and many times, I only need a decent internet connection (which is available in most parts of the world).
I traveled all around Asia for a year, while coding at night.
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Most jobs are boring, but I find interesting things to learn in almost every boring task I've been given over my career. It keeps me interested and can be used as building blocks to work on something more interesting.
I don't think there's any way around this. Even if you run your own company, 99% of the work isn't glamorous or world-changing..but needs to be done.
"Ideally, I don't want to spend my whole day in front of a computer. But I do want to make enough money to go on vacation occasionally, and I want the flexibility and mobility that it seems like only the tech industry is offering these days. Millennials, right?"
I wanted this too, so about 10 years ago I started contracting. I can work from anywhere and many times, I only need a decent internet connection (which is available in most parts of the world).
I traveled all around Asia for a year, while coding at night.