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There are so many areas programmers are needed, you could look into getting into one of the other areas. Ive done full stack web for a year and feel the same way, that said I like to always have a hobby project or two going in totally seperate areas of programming so I can atleast continue to develop my skillsets.
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@jeeper If you have the time, I agree with this. I find that both "keep learning" and good pay in a job is kinda hard to optimise for. I opt for side-contracting to keep it interesting, and optimise for good pay in the day job. Automate some of the monotony away if possible.
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i did think about a sideproject, but it's still the same thing, just different idea. Maybe a bit more motivation behind, but i don't even have an idea for such a project (too big of sceptic...).
I'm thinking that it may be time to leave programming altogether, but i really love the problem solving and thinking about solutions and making everything as effective as possible... not a lot of other areas to express those in... -
@Anookas try game development on the side
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@Anookas try defold, cocos2d, godot
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@Anookas Again for me it comes down to wanting to optimise salary, hours and things like commute and culture. If the others are great then I don't really mind what the task is. I go to work to earn, and I satisfy my other needs out of office hours. For me that works pretty well.
hi, i have a question of a darker note, hope you won't mind.
How do you deal with monotony at work ?
The more experienced i get, the more my work becomes monotonous. I understand that it's impossible to know everything, but i feel as if there's not that much knowledge left for everyday work.
Sure there will always be new scenarios and more advanced/marginal stuff, but they don't appear that often.
i get depressed (not clinically, just very bad state overall) when i stop learning, which is why i've been strugling quite a bit recently.
i have ~3 years in web dev. So i'm not some kind of guru or anything even close, but this is the problem i have right now.
i've been thinking about switching languages or specialisation (i do enjoy DevOps/sysadmin work), but i'm afraid i'll have the same problem pretty soon...
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