20:[[35076335,{"by":"morphicpro","descendants":44,"id":35076335,"kids":[35078166,35078984,35080088,35077260,35079563,35079246,35079395,35078079,35078211,35079361,35076791,35078367,35079779,35078270,35076374,35083800,35079900,35083848],"score":44,"text":"I want nothing more than to do any other line of work.

Honestly I feel more inspired to drive Uber than ever do another tech challenge or deal with another incompetent manager.

Fuck malicious compliance and the assholes who put you in that position.

I love programming, but the people and this industry is a whole other beast.

I have given 20+ years of my life trying to make a living for my family.

It has provided me an income but it came at a cost way more than I ever imagined.

I know I'm not alone in feeling this way.

I would like to start over, but I have no background or time left to start over with.

The idea of burning it all down just to start all over again is painful, but not as painful as it has been working in tech.

What success stories of leaving the tech industry can you all provide?

I guess for the ones who really got out they probably will never even see this.

I know if I had I would not be here reading any of this.","time":1678319024,"title":"Ask HN: How successful were you getting out of tech and where did you go?","type":"story"}],[35000694,{"by":"Centigonal","descendants":86,"id":35000694,"kids":[35013843,35017093,35014685,35015014,35014507,35014032,35014610,35015999,35013672,35014072,35014699,35013577,35015856,35014569,35013760,35017055,35014757,35016324,35013679,35015340,35014788,35013979,35002054,35059569,35050380,35017078,35016284,35016312,35015339,35014790,35017848,35018233,35014036,35018629,35015040,35013535,35014859,35018679,35015660,35016073,35020013,35016648,35014702,35014417,35013877,35001197,35016531,35015971,35015874,35001174,35023951,35013930],"score":258,"text":"$21","time":1677785721,"title":"Ask HN: How do you get companies to talk to you about their problems?","type":"story"}],[35008392,{"by":"synu","descendants":448,"id":35008392,"kids":[35009144,35009055,35009032,35008899,35009030,35009064,35008687,35009013,35011322,35009128,35009051,35009911,35009839,35008856,35011912,35011547,35008878,35009043,35009752,35008908,35009574,35011076,35010665,35009290,35009786,35009910,35012125,35008881,35011794,35011097,35022353,35009566,35010148,35098508,35022740,35008942,35009087,35008730,35010963,35009054,35011270,35015798,35008742,35009078,35011341,35016665,35009072,35010883,35009806,35011246,35008840,35011277,35009196,35008835,35011324,35010962,35009737,35073418,35014025,35012688,35009281,35011364,35026015,35012248,35009109,35014911,35010220,35012554,35008977,35009149,35009610,35009446,35013135,35013891,35009519,35047989,35009334,35011044,35010128,35010255,35009188,35093529,35009271,35010754,35009573,35016168,35008996,35008880,35009177,35014444,35019069,35009154,35010720,35009197,35010700,35023760,35008769,35008984,35009247,35013311,35011921,35009966,35011862,35014899,35009754,35013361,35016048,35008773,35141217,35011845,35008795,35010990],"score":373,"text":"Some days I think that I just want to basically check out of technology on a day to day basis and either develop a skill I have or learn a new one and work maybe part or full-time doing something totally different. Something totally unrelated to sitting in front of a computer.

Thanks to tech I have a lot of savings. Not enough to retire on early, though maybe starting to be fairly close, so I feel like I could do something like this in the next few years fairly safely, and I wouldn't feel as much the loss of income if I didn't have the savings.

Has anyone here done this and have a story to share, either positive or negative? What did you switch to? How did it work out?","time":1677844743,"title":"Ask HN: Has anyone started over outside of tech?","type":"story"}],[35019993,{"by":"Schroedingers2c","descendants":311,"id":35019993,"kids":[35020837,35020999,35020842,35021854,35021776,35020828,35022847,35021421,35021044,35022149,35021664,35021702,35021958,35021198,35021160,35021178,35021018,35021426,35025872,35023894,35020758,35021408,35022657,35021569,35022103,35021969,35020692,35020859,35023798,35022411,35025361,35025064,35027546,35024496,35023551,35025504,35020334,35022553,35022448,35021230,35020893,35032815,35025996,35023272,35020803,35024358,35022418,35022363,35021543,35020894,35021732,35020892,35022173,35025130,35023146,35022150,35021571,35026156,35021041,35020912,35023973,35021432,35020772,35021363,35025276,35026894,35034279,35021537,35021048,35021652,35025997,35022015,35021842,35024204,35021305,35021251,35024297,35021961,35022312,35021292,35022078,35024171,35021051,35020975,35020832,35023326,35021141,35021614,35022555,35020852,35021457,35022165,35024995,35023812,35040125,35023622,35021441,35023693,35025929,35023249,35028070,35022389,35022062,35022409,35025885,35021950,35022928,35021786,35022949,35021045,35021240,35021609,35022055,35022000,35023153,35022171,35022008,35022124,35087088,35021104,35020416,35021757,35022716,35022368,35022573,35022864,35020858,35027105,35020870],"score":220,"text":"$22","time":1677927690,"title":"Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit rock bottom?","type":"story"}],[34983695,{"by":"65","descendants":9,"id":34983695,"kids":[34986417,34988664,34984029,34987387,34999115,34984806,35002421,34984087,34985416],"score":11,"text":"I work as a software engineer at a large corporation.

I have entrepreneurial impulses and would like to do anything other than work for someone.

So... how did you do escape from corporate hell? What is your story?","time":1677686125,"title":"Ask HN: How did you escape from corporate America?","type":"story"}],[34970628,{"by":"cauliflower99","descendants":22,"id":34970628,"kids":[34971862,34972441,34972475,34971129,34972891,34974609,34971153,34973714,34973770,34976970,34971003,34973439,34974294,34976165,34972778,34972412],"score":30,"text":"I've just come across this HN post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34958102) about sabbaticals which is fascinating and exciting to imagine. But I wonder if it is all true. So I'm calling everyone who has ever taken a sabbatical!

- Why did you take the sabbatical in the first place? What made you consider it and eventually muster up the courage to take it in the end?

- Did you take an income while on a sabbatical?

- What were the positive benefits in hindsight related to work, relationships, family, personal meaning?

- Did you do any projects while on your sabbatical? What was the biggest benefit from it?

- Did you return to your old job? Did the sabbatical have an effect on your attitude when you returned?

- Would you have done anything differently?

- Is there anything bad out of the sabbatical that you didn't expect?","time":1677599506,"title":"Ask HN: What did a sabbatical do for you?","type":"story"}],[34932231,{"by":"zazarizz","descendants":12,"id":34932231,"kids":[34936474,34936925,34933543,34968245,34933275,34933246,34933622,34932618,34932406],"score":3,"text":"Hey y’all, I have been building a small company in the esports space and I have some revenue coming in monthly, but not enough to sustain myself. Recently my parents offered me the option of living with them rent free as I explore profitability. This seems like an awesome opportunity but I fear for stagnation and lack of drive once I move back in and get comfortable and am thinking of not doing it and struggling to get by with three roommates as I continue to put the revenue back in the business.

Is my thought process sound in skipping out on the opportunity and instead continuing to shovel away trying to reach profitability without the living subsidy from parents.","time":1677284498,"title":"Ask HN: Living at home while increasing revenue","type":"story"}],[34777401,{"by":"gtirloni","descendants":83,"id":34777401,"kids":[34778207,34787112,34777766,34778208,34777879,34777914,34777663,34778030,34777987,34778689,34788205,34777952,34845651,34778071,34778487,34778416,34801012,34778125,34777840,34777833,34778380,34778561,34777772,34778185,34792124,34778458,34778220,34778457,34784230,34779246,34777882],"score":50,"text":"Do you have any important questions someone not laid off should be asking to their managers?

More importantly, do you expect real answers?","time":1676311180,"title":"Ask HN: If you were not laid off, how are your 1:1 meetings going?","type":"story"}],[34802589,{"by":"newsoul","descendants":268,"id":34802589,"kids":[34803022,34802849,34803154,34802703,34803000,34802748,34802821,34805600,34802900,34815274,34803472,34805950,34806568,34802860,34802976,34802795,34807797,34803239,34802818,34802763,34802998,34803159,34802720,34802874,34803149,34812592,34804508,34803007,34802992,34802990,34806537,34802943,34802938,34803224,34803258,34803115,34803058,34802912,34803073,34804242,34806803,34802793,34807162,34808224,34802951,34803039,34802729,34802942,34806734,34803169,34806978,34805017,34834728,34845522,34807551,34808293,34804953,34802768,34802997,34811083,34802800,34808236,34817459,34805904,34805109,34808398,34819859,34813826,34802822,34807008,34803180,34819838,34806593,34805054,34806247,34803700,34816080,34806026,34803513,34802839,34834614,34809017,34810985,34805774,34807696,34803576,34804916,34847376,34807775,34802917,34808873,34809579,34833083,34802758,34803042,34817409,34803011,34802852,34831951,34803518,34802805],"score":149,"text":"Also where did you learn and test that advice was infact true? Share your anecdotal experiences.","time":1676461787,"title":"Ask HN: What is the best advice you got on any aspect of life?","type":"story"}],[34755085,{"by":"pkdpic","descendants":21,"id":34755085,"kids":[34756047,34755661,34759867,34755338,34757143,34757921,34758365,34762558,34757223,34765708,34757532,34757595,34759886,34763706,34755249],"score":10,"text":"Ive been independently coding webapps and teaching fullstack webdev for kind of a while but finally Im about to start my first fulltime dev job. Wondering if people have any one-line advice zingers.

So far my bff computer buddy said, pure functions, no variable mutations and no math in variable declarations. Those seemed like solid gold.

I want more please.

On second thought why would I not just ask chatGPT?","time":1676141570,"title":"Ask HN: Any advice before starting my first real dev job?","type":"story"}],[33923137,{"by":"debanjan16","descendants":433,"id":33923137,"kids":[33930254,33927470,33924123,33929520,33929689,33926025,33925643,33925029,33928048,33924843,33924052,33923551,33929627,33931627,33923806,33928445,33925441,33930308,33925739,33928467,33925067,33923885,33930726,33929569,33923739,33927613,33927321,33927324,33931103,33930662,33931259,33933016,33942228,33928610,33923662,33933478,33925738,33926646,33931648,33931504,33930247,33925551,33926884,33927803,33927631,33933258,33925617,33931676,33931604,33928383,33923752,33930895,33929407,33925630,33930824,33926256,33924260,33928652,33929015,33930229,33943836,33924910,33923829,33931558,33943820,33931298,33930464,33924789,33930166,34016231,33923720,33931787,33929120,33930428,33930091,33926078,33937695,33931033,33931295,33924993,33929270,33930458,33923814,33929580,33951738,33951333,33925500,33930033,33935229,33924431],"score":399,"text":"It may be passive or active or maintenance mode of income. Just something created by you and your sole passion that have worked out for quite some time and maybe still going on.","time":1670603290,"title":"Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?","type":"story"}],[33796784,{"by":"adantical","descendants":105,"id":33796784,"kids":[33797584,33797042,33797614,33799779,33797791,33797389,33798328,33798822,33797038,33799498,33798292,33797577,33797210,33798029,33797954,33796900,33798542,33799508,33798844,33800673,33812919,33797529,33806054,33803182,33800884,33798274,33800543,33800535,33799212,33812755,33805070,33798124,33808705,33798858,33801417,33801194,33805105,33824902,33797819,33799104,33811324,33824088,33797972,33799315,33799036,33798185,33797260,33806463,33797351,33797169,33797119,33799530,33798476,33797082,33798905,33797363,33797601,33811691],"score":82,"text":"$23","time":1669779826,"title":"Ask HN: How do you overcome feeling completely lost in life?","type":"story"}],[33797862,{"by":"newsoul","descendants":237,"id":33797862,"kids":[33799920,33799110,33799221,33800078,33801921,33801880,33801482,33802562,33799209,33800373,33807653,33803547,33800730,33801745,33801102,33801231,33799829,33802240,33801127,33800047,33799148,33801325,33798730,33801946,33799954,33800669,33799824,33799358,33799096,33805405,33801474,33801016,33799306,33800902,33799317,33799559,33811058,33799182,33814206,33803569,33799902,33803235,33799759,33804060,33801569,33801454,33799888,33819374,33799821,33817000,33799605,33803433,33801129,33800931,33803548,33829210,33799069,33799426,33801228,33807429,33814655,33802275,33801629,33800953,33803396,33800596,33807332,33829874,33829052,33801996,33799404,33803362,33799012,33809629,33814342,33813683,33798133,33801983,33802940,33801890,33799490,33819701,33799924,33810715,33800909,33799288,33803151,33802434,33807062,33799126,33820836,33811644,33801359,33802041,33800986,33800016,33802502,33799147,33802770,33801795,33801149,33801224,33801755,33812618,33804041,33820064,33800480,33800597,33799252,33813372,33809988,33809862,33802978,33802659],"score":354,"text":"Your choices needn't be only math books. They can come from any discipline or genre.

When you mention any book please add a line or two as to why it made you a better thinker and problem solver.","time":1669792438,"title":"Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and problem solver?","type":"story"}],[33757328,{"by":"renaissance_tea","descendants":24,"id":33757328,"kids":[33759041,33758601,33758304,33759880,33769827,33760187,33762616,33759448,33769756,33771625,33770074,33760156,33757856,33759400,33768469,33759248,33762678,33761417,33759163,33762831,33759257],"score":30,"text":"I’ve been really wanting to build stuff as I’m always tinkering and building small things to learn and grow. Unfortunately, my friends don’t have the same mindset and I live in a super relaxed beach town in California.

How can I find people that still just enjoy being creative and building useful things?","time":1669500669,"title":"Ask HN: Where to Find Motivated People?","type":"story"}],[33599902,{"by":"SoupDrinker","descendants":21,"id":33599902,"kids":[33600265,33600781,33600212,33603341,33600256,33600430,33600611,33602681,33602980,33599956,33600175,33600380,33600557,33607515,33600711],"score":15,"text":"$24","time":1668455395,"title":"Ask HN: Should I quit without a new job lined up?","type":"story"}],[33585522,{"by":"pcurve","descendants":124,"id":33585522,"kids":[33585715,33587443,33585951,33585796,33586015,33585726,33585799,33585968,33586276,33586207,33586179,33586274,33585701,33585856,33585623,33589086,33586334,33586492,33586020,33587668,33586457,33587968,33587214,33592109,33586517,33588064,33588736,33586588,33586084,33593856,33600022,33587051,33586403,33587819,33587196,33589849,33585638,33586316,33585931,33586098,33586030,33585710,33585905,33586204],"score":105,"text":"I worked nonstop for the past 20 years in tech / design space, and wanted a break. I also wanted to spend some time with family.

I'll take at least 6 months off.

But then I'd need to look for a job, but I really don't like the idea of going back to doing the same thing... i.e. web/app design/dev work for larger corporations.

So I'm open to doing something completely different, even if it pays 1/3rd.

Has anyone here made successful transition to field outside technology?

Any advice in general would be appreciated.","time":1668362418,"title":"Ask HN: In mid 40s. What non-tech job can I do?","type":"story"}],[33571609,{"by":"garmonbozia86","descendants":5,"id":33571609,"kids":[33573147,33575314,33576630,33571940,33572117,33571695],"score":2,"text":"$25","time":1668246143,"title":"Ask HN: Stay or Change Jobs?","type":"story"}],[33573907,{"by":"durmonski","descendants":89,"id":33573907,"kids":[33575073,33574306,33574815,33574110,33584091,33574852,33575234,33577263,33575230,33575764,33574283,33575204,33575266,33575613,33574961,33576682,33574408,33574933,33576547,33575340,33576038,33577566,33576565,33575127,33575470,33575701,33575239,33575498,33580804,33575454,33574947,33575390,33575947,33575316,33579143,33575384,33576576,33575388,33576501,33575596,33580209,33574677,33575657,33574085,33575554,33575377,33575031,33575322,33573967,33575228],"score":68,"text":"Personally, my aim in life - my dream life - is to live a slow life. Own a small house somewhere in the woods. My days will be filled with writing and reading. What about you?","time":1668266645,"title":"Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?","type":"story"}],[33539887,{"by":"Ayouby","descendants":16,"id":33539887,"kids":[33574202,33568292,33540174,33542984,33543862,33548479,33542263,33539972],"score":3,"text":"$26","time":1668037573,"title":"Ask HN: I would like some career insight","type":"story"}],[33562527,{"by":"pmoriarty","descendants":5,"id":33562527,"kids":[33563947,33562798,33573958,33568711,33571385],"score":15,"time":1668182806,"title":"Ask HN: Who was the best person you've ever worked with? What made them great?","type":"story"}],[33534644,{"by":"trollerator23","descendants":226,"id":33534644,"kids":[33539629,33536950,33536040,33537638,33536330,33536634,33535527,33538890,33540754,33541752,33540537,33535897,33536705,33537003,33539907,33539218,33538811,33535373,33535196,33535131,33536510,33540733,33539542,33540445,33539276,33538172,33554682,33539491,33562093,33542000,33543763,33551576,33536617,33573632,33540869,33538975,33536696,33539694,33539469,33538785,33535782,33551646,33541430,33537434,33538688,33548431,33536658,33535762,33540971,33539523,33536703,33540398,33542889,33535050,33536777,33536699,33550584,33538498,33542699,33540023,33539312,33544081,33541603,33536265,33579831,33536806,33535348,33549766,33535741,33539177,33541827,33535675,33534948,33538969,33535817,33538809,33543128,33543092,33564223,33539968,33535265,33534762,33542242,33536827,33556272,33534666,33539059,33536626,33539226,33536358,33543087,33536747,33540392,33541260,33536966,33536269,33543013,33538739,33534723,33538826,33538670,33539626,33536782,33540789,33540822,33540534,33536573,33584185,33543216,33534684,33545643,33536477,33539577,33558611,33537119,33537389,33576030,33539492,33540264,33539006,33543039,33539758,33552576,33540323,33558668,33542722,33540216,33539382,33542030,33540053,33538935,33543267,33543296,33539176,33539827],"score":159,"text":"(This is a serious question, despite my username)

There are plenty of studies that show that having a "purpose" and working after it is correlated with higher happiness or well being. "Purpose" is vague enough, so to make things worse I am going to conflate it with "life meaning", "calling" or "personal values". I recently came across the Japanese "Ikigai" which seems related.

Ok, I buy this, however, what is this "purpose/ meaning/ calling/ value" thing? What does it mean, really? How do I find mine?

I think this is the kind of thing a fair amount of people here in HN have thought about, so I thought of asking.

Is there any research that goes into what is "purpose" and how to figure it out? I've come across plenty that talks about how good it is, but nothing that goes into how to find it. Any serious books that you may recommend?","time":1668013934,"title":"Ask HN: How do I find my “purpose”?","type":"story"}],[33569236,{"by":"SMAAART","descendants":14,"id":33569236,"kids":[33570120,33570038,33569787,33573809,33569658,33569724,33586645,33570641,33569277,33577976,33573362,33569456],"score":12,"text":"Dear entrepreneurs, what drives you?

[Left it generic and open-ended on purpose]","time":1668218285,"title":"Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, What Drives You?","type":"story"}]]

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