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by salehhamadeh 4458 days ago
This happened to me last year. I am an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science. Last year, I got a part-time internship at a company that makes school applications. Work was monotonous, every day was like the other day. The people I worked with never challenged me to improve my skills. All they wanted was to get the job done. I started despising the moment I open the IDE. When I moved to BrainJocks, a web development company, I loved computer science again. The team are all enthusiastic and young. The company divides my time into learning, working, and exploring new things. They gave me an account on PluralSight.com to learn whatever I like, and they encouraged me to explore new tools and propose them to the company. This new internship invigorated my love for software development. Of course, every person has his own circumstances. If you find that your workplace is the cause to your problem, try somewhere new, even if it pays a little lower. The benefits you can get in return may be worth much more than the money.