Why did I not do any paid work for the last 22 years? Am I happy doing software development work (paid or voluntary) now?
Last updated on 8 Mar 2025 This post is in the context of my recent post on another blog: Restarted my commercial work career from payment received point of view, after a gap of 22 years, https://raviswdev.blogspot.com/2025/03/restarted-my-commercial-work-career.html . A relevant extract from that post is given below: I recently received a commercial work payment from a friend for whom I have been doing a short-term software development assignment related to LinkedIn OAuth 2.0 with OpenID Connect login for a React frontend and AWS Java lambda backend app. I started that work as a two-week part-time free trial followed by a paid period. My last work related payment received was in early Sep. 2002. So my friend's payment has restarted my commercial work career from payment received point of view, after a gap of 22 years and around 6 months! --- end extract from my post on another blog --- This post has been triggered by some comments/questions I received on this matter. I thou...