alt Hacker NewsI started programming when I was eleven years old and I’m now in my 40s. I have no idea what to do with the rest of my life.
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There's a whole lot of us out there. I don't know if there's still a future in the thing that I love, which is where all the malaise comes from.
“Have you ever considered piracy? You’d make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts”
Keep going? Just because there’s a different way to do what you like doing doesn’t mean you should stop.
Or become a carpenter. The world is going to be flooded by them.
Do w hat we did in corporate/banking/other sociopathic envs did decades ago - find another source of fulfillment and happiness. For me its adventures and sports and kids, could be something else for the next joe.
Or just code as you want as a hobby, unrestrained, for whatever you need or makes you happy.
Same here. I've long had the feeling that the internet could somehow help the world, but honestly, I don't feel that's the case anymore.