Quick, non-technical question

[DaveJ]

2. I don't have time

Last edited Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:18 AM - Edit history (3)

I spend 13 hours a day dedicated to my employer. 3 hours of that is sitting on the train.

But I'm working on my own project. Because when I am unable to walk 2 miles back and forth, I will lose my job. I'm been homeless and spend all my time trying to not let that happen again. So I will need my own website to fall back on. I simply can't do free work and risk losing everything and being on the street.

Edit: College was late 90s and I don't think open source was the huge deal it is now. I didn't even know they existed at the time. Nobody ever mentioned open source projects to me. Even if there were, I was still focused on my full time job while attending college. I thought working would be good experience, which I later found out, nobody cares at all about your job when you were in college.

Edit 2:

But I guess the crux of the matter is, is it normal to never be in the same room with another developer? It is driving me insane. I need to constantly simplify what I say to people. I can't talk to people without receiving blank stares. Talking in terms of my own profession is looked down upon. I always thought I'd work with other people with similar skills, but it doesn't look like that's gonna ever happen.