← Back to context Comment by jondwillis 19 hours ago How’d you get out? For the many over-specialized readers like myself… 5 comments jondwillis Reply cheschire 19 hours ago Surely step one is psychological. I feel like being able to accept a lower paycheck is critical to leaving tech if you’re at the over specialized part of your career TeMPOraL 15 hours ago That is not merely psychological unless you're very early in your career and life, with no dependents, etc. yetihehe 15 hours ago Technically, leaving your family to live as a hermit is also a psychological decision. chrisweekly 14 hours ago That's financial and circumstantial, not (just) psychological. recursive 11 hours ago Psychological in the sense that my kids will need to psychologically accept that they now live under a bridge?
cheschire 19 hours ago Surely step one is psychological. I feel like being able to accept a lower paycheck is critical to leaving tech if you’re at the over specialized part of your career TeMPOraL 15 hours ago That is not merely psychological unless you're very early in your career and life, with no dependents, etc. yetihehe 15 hours ago Technically, leaving your family to live as a hermit is also a psychological decision. chrisweekly 14 hours ago That's financial and circumstantial, not (just) psychological. recursive 11 hours ago Psychological in the sense that my kids will need to psychologically accept that they now live under a bridge?
TeMPOraL 15 hours ago That is not merely psychological unless you're very early in your career and life, with no dependents, etc. yetihehe 15 hours ago Technically, leaving your family to live as a hermit is also a psychological decision.
yetihehe 15 hours ago Technically, leaving your family to live as a hermit is also a psychological decision.
recursive 11 hours ago Psychological in the sense that my kids will need to psychologically accept that they now live under a bridge?
Surely step one is psychological. I feel like being able to accept a lower paycheck is critical to leaving tech if you’re at the over specialized part of your career
That is not merely psychological unless you're very early in your career and life, with no dependents, etc.
Technically, leaving your family to live as a hermit is also a psychological decision.
That's financial and circumstantial, not (just) psychological.
Psychological in the sense that my kids will need to psychologically accept that they now live under a bridge?