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Hey guys,
I'm in an 8-6 (plus 1-hour commute) M-F slowlane job with rotating weeks being on-call 24/7. It's difficult to do much other than chores and sustaining myself in the three hours I have to myself between 7pm and 10pm due to being completely drained.
I'm currently a network engineer, and am falling in love with coding as I teach myself Python. I've considered dedicating the little free time I have plus time at work to learn code, so I could transition to a work-from-home/freelancing programming gig. This would give me mobility and self-reliance, but I know it would take months before I was competent enough, and I'm worried I'll find I've spent all that time trading one trap for another (minus a commute and $500 a month in car/insurance/city parking).
Would anyone suggest making the first goal to escape the job, THEN attempt to start a fastlane business? If so, would learning copy or sales be a more productive use of time than learning to program despite an IT background?
Or would it be better to toughen up somehow and grind through starting a fastlane business while giving 60 hrs a week to a job?
Thanks in advance,
I'm in an 8-6 (plus 1-hour commute) M-F slowlane job with rotating weeks being on-call 24/7. It's difficult to do much other than chores and sustaining myself in the three hours I have to myself between 7pm and 10pm due to being completely drained.
I'm currently a network engineer, and am falling in love with coding as I teach myself Python. I've considered dedicating the little free time I have plus time at work to learn code, so I could transition to a work-from-home/freelancing programming gig. This would give me mobility and self-reliance, but I know it would take months before I was competent enough, and I'm worried I'll find I've spent all that time trading one trap for another (minus a commute and $500 a month in car/insurance/city parking).
Would anyone suggest making the first goal to escape the job, THEN attempt to start a fastlane business? If so, would learning copy or sales be a more productive use of time than learning to program despite an IT background?
Or would it be better to toughen up somehow and grind through starting a fastlane business while giving 60 hrs a week to a job?
Thanks in advance,
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