| My feeling about work changes every few years. I started out as a developer. I learned how to build web stuff, I built massive global systems, I designed and built a successful product, then I got bored. I then became a team lead, then led multiple teams, then defining company wide engineering processes, then I got bored. I then became a product manager. I grew a product to success, moved into growth marketing, and then got bored again. I then led an innovation group, a cross functional team of developers, designers, marketers, customer service, etc. We did some cool stuff, then I got bored again. I became convinced I could no longer work a corporate job. I started a few solo tech businesses with some success. I developed the MVPs, talked to customers, got some initial growth, and then I got bored. I haven't worked at all in about a year. I've been focusing on my personal well being. I've been investing in hobbies and other personal things. It was a nice change of pace. I'm starting to get bored again. Now I'm thinking about going back to corporate life, getting a product manager or engineering leadership job, and just half assing it like everyone else, so I have energy to also devote seriously to myself. Who knows how that will go. |