Didn’t you do this when you did that degree? Why did you go back to law? 

Laz, u are one of the very few personalities on here whose humour, intellect, and gift of writing could easily allow u to segue into being a household name in any field u choose

This may come across as sycophantic but it's the truth. It's a shame that u persist on wasting your talents in blozzing docs. 

Here's a good example:

https://twitter.com/dieworkwear?lang=en

Take a look through his feed; his sole niche is menswear, but he's built an audience of over 500,000 in less than a few years. In one thread, he mentions he makes over $900,000 a year purely from his sponsorships/Substack. Last month, he was invited by a VC firm to give a 1 hour talk and he was paid $45,000. 

You could do the same with any niche u enjoy e.g. history, football etc. 

Btw, I have robbed comments you've posted on here in the past and posted them on Twitter - a few of them have racked up likes of 600+. I will continue to liberate u of your content for internet microfame. Thx

Yeah I agree. Laz is actually super smart.  He was at a top rate firm before He left law, did another degree (for fun) then went back and became a partner at a worldwide firm. Not many can do that. He actually seems to have humanity and can take a joke. 

What, again?

in common with everyone else on ROF, I have not done this before and therefore have no idea what u r talking about

He hasn’t got the concentration, focus or mental ability to do anything like that dice

heh, sez risky! you are a fat compliance officer sun 

I tried this once but the first self help book told me to get a job 

So that was the end of that 

heh

I like self help books of the kind that teach you skills eg time management or interview technique 

slightly less so the “grrr u r a tiger” kind, although tbh even they’re probably underrated by the dullards on here

also, u guys talk like there’d be some problem with doing this repeatedly 

wtaf

Not sure my team would allow it. 

Tch. As if. 

I think most programmers have at some point taken at least a few months off just to learn 'hot new thing' which is such an inevitable reality in software careers.

Wouldn’t this be a fate worth than death? I mean having to plow your way through the collective works of Tony Robbins and Dr Phil is the sort of sentence your wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. 

Who needs self help books when you have rof ffs

LIFE NINJA

Take as much time off as you need. Your will clients are waiting with bated breath  to hear your thoughts on Augustine's City of God and Dante's Inferno. 

you know what, I think they probably are

City of God is on my tbr pile. I read Dante last year and it’s a once in a lifetime experience, the first time ;)

'Life Ninja' was on a business card someone once handed me in Ibiza in 1998.

Along with 'Amante como Torero',  'International Assassin' and 'Cuckolder (local)'.

tbf, the cúnt was a prick

think I still have it somewhere

If people are a parent and take a "year off" that basically means becoming a cleaner, nanny, au pair, house keeper, gardener for no pay for a year as what spouse would tolerate someone not working, not earning and not doing the home stuff?

Well, when I take my forthcoming sojourn (albeit not to read self help books) I'll continue to do normal share of family chores obv, but not increase it. I'll be working, just not - for the time being - at a job.