Hi there,
It's been one year since I FIRED, I stopped working as an IT Project Manager at age 32. Since then I've traveled/read a lot, had a lot of fun. But there is still have a bit of a nagging (internal) feeling that I should do/build something. It would be nice to make some money as well, psychologically it's a bit hard to see my cash reserve shrinking. Most of my friends are really hardworking/ambitious and I'm becoming a bit alienated from them in some ways now that "I'm not really doing anything". It would also be cool to work on something again, feel motivated and productive. On the other hand, I want to keep my stress level low and be able to relax/travel for weeks on end, so I'm not inclined to go back to a "normal" job.
At the start of my career I have done some programming in Java/C++ (I'm an engineer) and I enjoyed it, even though I'm not really a software engineer. I wouldn't say it's really a passion (I don't write code in my spare time) but I had fun doing it...
So my idea would be to learn one or more languages, doing some freelance work (to pay the bills, accelerate the learning curve). Long term I could maybe cooperate with more experienced developers and build a cool product... I'm thinking about starting with Python, it seems that language is easy to learn, flexible, and it's used more and more...
I'm still not so sure what I want, but maybe I should just give it a try for a couple of months... Feedback, comments, ideas would be appreciated.
I know there are a lot of (ex) software developers on here, if they're interested in mentoring me, or just giving some tips here, or if they know of opportunities, that would be much appreciated as well!