Those of us in tech are quite privileged, in that it's pretty likely that even if we take 3, 6, 12 months off from work, we can find a job relatively easily when we come back.<p>Still, I see a lot of people jumping from job to job without really taking time off to do the things they might not be able to do while working (travel, hack out a side project, etc.).<p>What do you think about taking a sabbatical? What holds you back from taking one if you haven't / won't?
Having a mid-career "stop/pause/sabbatical" is a really good idea if you can afford it.<p>You don't realize how much of your daily life is done in autopilot until you stop and have time to think about your priorities, specially your career priorities.<p>In my case it helped me to focus on what I wanted to do the next 10 years (DATA), and get more confidence on what can I do as a developer (15+ years without serious coding).<p>Just one suggestion: during that time play every contess/prize you find about your career. This forces you to work on deadlines and speeds-up a lot how you learn.
I am thinking of taking one too. Not too sure on what to do with the time though.<p>I wanna do something focused for that time than a bunch of random small things.<p>Do you have any recommendations? A nice 4month program would be super nice.