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Ask HN: If you only do programming at work, how do you manage your career?

People who say they don't do programming outside of work hours, I'm kind of surprised at them. I was thinking that I needed to in order to stay on top with marketable skills. But if you don't make software on the side outside of work hours, how do you manage your career in programming so you don't fall off the rails?

Were you just lucky enough to get into the right jobs that keep you doing work that is highly in demand for the moment? Looking back, I kinda wish I started my career with a slow-moving Java or .NET enterprise work because, although not being very sexy, it is comparatively stable to front end web development.

30 points amazonavocado 6 years ago 22 comments

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