Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?
This is an awesome question. I hope someone has good strategies for you. Life should be spent doing the things you find worthwhile, and the fact is, not all of those things are monetizable.<p>Given how esteem- and success driven HN as a platform is... you might not get too many ideas since I suppose people want to maintain their &quot;hireable&quot; status.<p>Success and &quot;loving your job&quot; are more or less empty phrases unless you are actually a professional moving your field forward or learning a highly complex subject matter - or you own a stake in a company.<p>Beyond that you are toiling, and if you like your job, it&#x27;s glorious toiling like gardening (pleasing, but not important, but you love it, so it&#x27;s great) or terrible toiling for living that eats your soul.<p>I&#x27;m basically in a job that is quite important for my org, I get compliments for good job, but I hate most aspects of my daily work since the tech stack is complex and fugly. I probably _appear_ motivated but I&#x27;m just a neurotic who hates failing. If I didn&#x27;t need to feed and house my family I would have moved to a lower paying position long ago that is intrinsically more motivating.<p>Success and &quot;loving your job&quot; have nothing in common in my experience.