I work in what a lot of people would call a calling. I’m extremely happy coding, writing and doing research. I got a PHD and even that didn’t kill the joy I get doing it. I work in a big fortune 500 company doing it and that didn’t kill my joy either.

My biggest piece of advice for people afraid to get jobs within their interests is: take care of yourself. You’ve got to find other interests and stabilize yourself when you’re drained. There’s a lot exhaustion overlapping with joy suck here that has nothing to do with no longer enjoying your interest.

Sometimes you’re drained from the job - because it’s a job. Or grad school.

Or the skill / interest is genuinely hard and not as playful as before because you got to a really difficult part, like super advanced mathematics. That’s true with a lot of skills. You go far enough, and it’s genuinely difficult to learn, understand, and grow. And then it’s up to you if you can still find your passion in it or not.

Sleep ain’t cheap! Sleep is a luxury for people with No dependents and the time to prioritize.

What is this shit? I don’t recognize half of this garbage. How is terminal + text editor not an option?

Where’s Von Neumman?!

I appreciate the “perhaps”, like, the headline qualifies how annoyed they are at imprecision.

Dreamy

Very cool tool! Thanks for sharing