Gumus , (edited )

I took up online tutoring and teaching programming for kids. It has great benefits:

  • It's an hour or so after work, it has a fixed schedule so it forces me to clock out
  • it makes me focus hard so I completely forget about work
  • it pays for itself (not my corporate day-job rate, but I'm not doing it for free)
  • I can try out languages and tech I'd normally wouldn't be able to in my day job, or I'd have to invest my free time for a side project
  • I have a background in teaching... I like it, it's fun and refreshing
  • I've helped many kids jump start their interest in programming even in families that know nothing about tech at all. I've helped a few of them to get accepted to the school they wanted to and pursue a career in programming

All in all, teaching after work makes for a great hobby and a strong barrier for my day job so I don't find myself working late anymore.

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