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I was going through my bookmarks and found this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4000394

Hi,

I have been serving as a software developer in a middle tier software company in India for the last five years. Coding used be my passion (maybe it still is). I did pretty well in my job and my growth was quite satisfactory. All was going well.

But for the last six months or so, I have been feeling a little down and out of place. I think I have lost the drive to work in software industry. To me it all seems rather pointless now. This is certainly not a sudden change. I started feeling it as an on and off feeling some time ago. Gradually it has increased and has now come to a level where it casts a shadow over every thought I have.

So, I would like to ask for some advice from all my fellow hackers. Are there any alternate careers for a software developer in India. Teaching is the one that comes to mind at once, given the technical aspect of our work. But are there any other avenues I can start exploring?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I have some free time coming up next month and wanted to know if you have some good books to recommend.

I'm looking for not-strictly-technical books. After a whole year of going through programming related books, it would be great if I can unwind with some non-technical mind opening stuff.

Thanks in Advance! :)

I read somewhere that most of the great hackers play some kind of music instrument. What instrument do you play?

It would be interesting to question, that what is about music and ability to play some instrument that goes so well along side programming and hacking.