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Originally Posted by s1ngletracker
I'm not sure if I was clear... I want to explore different career paths. If I wanted to have another development job, I would have had one the week after I got laid off. That isn't the case. I do have it as a fallback, and I don't absolutely loathe it, but I just know it isn't where my strengths lie.
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We appear to be in the same boat. I am currently a webdev for an outfit in Savage. The pay is ok and I am good at what I do, but the work just is not something that I feel benefits my life or society. I've been going though some of the free online course work at MIT (
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm) trying to figure out what appeals to me. I would really like to be involved in R&D for the next phase of technology (something with advanced lightweight energy storage sounds beneficial to society).
I further echo Scheides in saying try not to force your hobbies into your source of income or you will feel nothing but pressure instead of enjoyment.
Off the cuff: have you thought of a degree in anthropology?