One big difference you'll encounter after working for just a bit in the commercial world is the amazing, energizing power of a (fat, steady) paycheck. Which somehow really, really helps us bear down and get that (let's face it) nasty slog of niggly, piggly, nose-in-the-mud gruntwork that is most commercial development.
You'll also encounter the opposite, from time to time, i.e. employers who just don't grasp the incredibly demotivating effects of the skimpy, late, or consistently unreliable paycheck (and their sidekicks: poor physical working conditions, bumbling junior management, conflicting and/or basically impossible goalposts, and my favorite, utterly made-up deadlines with no connection to business or technical reality).
But fear not: once you've had a steady enough taste of the former type of environment, you'll be able to recognize (and pivot yourself out of) the negative/unstable environments, before too much damage has been done to your savings and/or your resume.
One big difference you'll encounter after working for just a bit in the commercial world is the amazing, energizing power of a (fat, steady) paycheck. Which somehow really, really helps us bear down and get that (let's face it) nasty slog of niggly, piggly, nose-in-the-mud gruntwork that is most commercial development.
You'll also encounter the opposite, from time to time, i.e. employers who just don't grasp the incredibly demotivating effects of the skimpy, late, or consistently unreliable paycheck (and their sidekicks: poor physical working conditions, bumbling junior management, conflicting and/or basically impossible goalposts, and my favorite, utterly made-up deadlines with no connection to business or technical reality).
But fear not: once you've had a steady enough taste of the former type of environment, you'll be able to recognize (and pivot yourself out of) the negative/unstable environments, before too much damage has been done to your savings and/or your resume.