Happy Birthday codestore! I am still reading your site after many years and would like to say thanks for helping me in my own Domino development efforts for many years.
However, the world marches on and while I still have a Domino server for a few sites I am hosting, I do not have any paid work from it. After a great few years being self-employed, I have returned to a 9-5 job - 4 days a week because I can't completely surrender my independence! - to learn new skills. You are right, it is hard to justify the expense involved in re-skilling, so I have approached the problem laterally. I probably would not have paid to learn Sharepoint myself, so am now in a job where I am working with it every day and what better way to learn. Hopefully, at some point, the market will improve and the 9-5 will no longer be necessary, but for now it serves a purpose. My own fear was returning to the rat race and giving up my treasured working-from-home lifestyle, but sometimes facing the fear head on is what is required. I have gained great colleagues and have been enjoying the social aspect of work life which I never knew I was missing. It's a whole new world!
Whatever happens, I will continue to read your blog because your words are part of my daily routine and I am genuinely interested to see where you go from here. Hang in there!
Hi Jake
Happy Birthday codestore! I am still reading your site after many years and would like to say thanks for helping me in my own Domino development efforts for many years.
However, the world marches on and while I still have a Domino server for a few sites I am hosting, I do not have any paid work from it. After a great few years being self-employed, I have returned to a 9-5 job - 4 days a week because I can't completely surrender my independence! - to learn new skills. You are right, it is hard to justify the expense involved in re-skilling, so I have approached the problem laterally. I probably would not have paid to learn Sharepoint myself, so am now in a job where I am working with it every day and what better way to learn. Hopefully, at some point, the market will improve and the 9-5 will no longer be necessary, but for now it serves a purpose. My own fear was returning to the rat race and giving up my treasured working-from-home lifestyle, but sometimes facing the fear head on is what is required. I have gained great colleagues and have been enjoying the social aspect of work life which I never knew I was missing. It's a whole new world!
Whatever happens, I will continue to read your blog because your words are part of my daily routine and I am genuinely interested to see where you go from here. Hang in there!
Best wishes