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# [Golden Handcuffs Don't Feel Like Handcuffs](https://jonoherrington.hashnode.dev/golden-handcuffs-dont-feel-like-handcuffs?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I was sitting in my home office on a Tuesday afternoon with a blank editor open and nothing in my head. Not nothing as in "I'm stuck on a hard problem." Nothing as in the well was dry. The thing that used to make me lean forward at my desk, the puzzl...

Mar 18 · 7 min read · jonoherrington.hashnode.dev  
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