Ask HN: Quitting in a month, what to do next?

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1 points by bharatkhatri14 3027 days ago

hey folks, I'm going to quit my current job end of this month and I'm not sure what to do next?

I have a couple of options:

1.Full-time Open Source Developer - I've been following projects like Moby (Docker), Kubernetes & CNCF friends, Redox, Blender for a while now and am familiar with their codebase but haven't had the chance to contribute. I am not sure how this'll pay me though.

2. Join one of the big software companies. - I have a few offers at hand but am not sure if I'd enjoy any of those. The pay is really good but the work probably isn't going to be satisfactory. I cannot discuss the offers here because of NDAs.

3. Wild Projects - Twitch streaming my programming experiences, tech podcasts, etc. I'm again not sure how this is going to turn out. I think this'll go well with Developer Advocate / Tech Evangelist roles and I've been wanting to do this for a while but I'm not sure how to start and if they pay as much as a pure software engineering role.

Hope the HN community will help me out.

1 comments

RoyTyrell 3027 days ago

Not to be a jerk, but shouldn't you know what you're going to do if you're leaving on your own terms?

It seems like you're independently wealthy, so do whatever you want to - that's what I'd do. If you want to hack around on some OSS while making pottery and raising llamas, go for it. I think #3 might be the least "productive" but hey go for it if you want.

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