Bamboy<p>The amount of work JUST TO MAKE A LIVING INCOME WHEN <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/DISABLED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DISABLED</span></a> gets to the point where you spend more time related to seeking <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/freelance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freelance</span></a> clients than you do actually <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p><p>The effort required to compete, even outside the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> job environment, is suffocating.</p><p>My internal monologue defaults to a depressing "why bother?" which is dangerous.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>