Ask HN: Does anyone develop/hack while working in a completely separate field?

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I've been working on developing a project for the last 6 months while working full time as a mechanical engineer. I'm interested to hear about anyone else's experience with something similar.

I've considered taking one day a week to dedicate to development, has anyone else tried this?

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Not me, but one of the Linux kernel hackers Con Kolivas is an anaesthetist.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas

Jesus, he's either good or crazy. But given anaesthetists salary in Australia he can probably work part time quite easily.

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