Ask HN: What do I do if I take a career break?

3 points by banjodeluxe 5 years ago | 2 comments

I'm a young developer with a couple of years of experience in industry; that is obviously not to say I still have a lot to learn. I am dissatisfied with my job but haven't been able to find a position elsewhere to go to - my dissatisfaction right now is so that I'm thinking of taking a career break, living off my savings for a while until something comes up.

If I was to do that, how would my time be best utilised? I'm looking more for things I could do to better myself as a professional without having a formal job than suggestions about my lifestyle like "go on holiday", etc...

ternaus 5 years ago |

You may go to academia for a PhD if you do not have one, or postdoctoral position if you have.

Academia and industry a different bubbles it may happen that your time there would be more satisfying, at least for some time.

onion2k 5 years ago |

Taking a career break after two years is going to be a red flag to a lot of hiring managers. It'd be safer to say you became a freelancer or a contractor.