I haven't reached there yet, but I believe that it is possible to do meaningful work, and to have a meaningful life away from work, both at the same time. And looking at most HN comments, I see people who consider "work is work" so I get a bit demotivated since I am just starting out in my career.
I think that one doesn't have to choose between being a nerd, and being a normie. I realized this when I met people who were really nerdy and did meaningful work at small tech companies, and at the same time they were really social people who were fun to be around and did all the normie stuff afk.
I hope to find meaningful work, rather than stop working all together. And I don't think that doing meaningful work is going to affect other aspects of my life negatively as long as I keep boundaries.
I think that one doesn't have to choose between being a nerd, and being a normie. I realized this when I met people who were really nerdy and did meaningful work at small tech companies, and at the same time they were really social people who were fun to be around and did all the normie stuff afk.
I hope to find meaningful work, rather than stop working all together. And I don't think that doing meaningful work is going to affect other aspects of my life negatively as long as I keep boundaries.