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by apsurd
1210 days ago
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hmm, well everything is just something to do. This helps me because it's great discovering magic, but it's sad when it goes. the magic is not specific to the thing like programming. so you lost the magic, it no longer compels you. i suggest thinking about the why behind the why. why did you get into programming? for me my why behind the why is "i like to make things". it's more nuanced, i learned html and css cuz i wanted to make a website for a t-shirt company i was also "making". HN is big on entrepreneurship; it's because a business is just something to make with a lot of upside. most technical people are "makers". i'm intentionally riffing, no direct advice. Ask yourself more questions about why you see magic. btw: after 12 years doing software, much magic is also gone. another commenter mentioned what a shit show js frontend is. What you're feeling doesn't get better lol. Rather, we can reframe our perspective and appreciation. I still code and still want to make a business. but hell no i'm not the 23yr old i once was. and can only do a few hours a day. The world has lots of magic in it! |
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thanks, this is a good clue
>btw: after 12 years doing software, much magic is also gone. I understand that the magic goes away as you get disenchanted and gather an expertise around a skill. I think I may have put a bad title as it is not that I wanna recover that magic as much as transition into a state where I get things done without hating my guts. I am stuck hating software engineering maybe as a combination of my studies, the pandemic and plowing through 4 years non stop of sacrifices.
I just wanted to see how people in my situation got away from it, maybe not to absolutely loving software again but transitioning into a healthy relationship to it