Ask HN: Finally have loose change and spare time, but no sense of purpose. Help.
(Apologies in advance for the rantish nature of this.) 24, programmer at BigCo for several years, and I'm lost. I've socked away enough coins to maintain my current lifestyle for the next 10 years, longer if I scale back a few things. (Believe me, it's pretty easy to do considering that I've never had car, house, or girlfriend -- and I plan to keep it that way for the forseeable future.) I've also freed myself of most of my other obligations that previously consumed my evenings and weekends. I should be excited about this but I'm not, and I don't know why. What I do know is that my current situation is unsustainable for long. I'm sick of corporate America and all its bureaucratic shenaningans, where I'm only learning the wrong way to get things done. I want out. But I don't know what's next. I'm not in shape to start a company because I don't have any sort of overarching passion that wil
Why it failed
(Apologies in advance for the rantish nature of this.) 24, programmer at BigCo for several years, and I'm lost. I've socked away enough coins to maintain my current lifestyle for the next 10 years, longer if I scale back a few things. (Believe me, it's pretty easy to do consideri
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- groaner
- Ended
- 2010
- Source
- hackernews