I'm sick of being a programmer, I want a career change.
Being a programmer is a sickeningly bad job. Most programmers are actually shit at their job. Most managers are clueless. Most product owners are out of touch with reality. Most projects are doomed from the outset. Most tools are broken. Being in the top 25%, I am aware of all these problems but unable to change anything. Most people are unaware of these problems and therefore don't care. I look difficult and fussy. In reality I am the only person producing passable outcomes.
Being a programmer is like being a carpenter, only all your tools are slightly broken, there are no plans, no regulations, the wood is on fire and your fellow carpenters don't even know that wood comes from trees.
I've worked in large cooperates where no one knows what's going on and everything eventually turns cancerous. I've worked in small places where everything is broken and controlled by gatekeepers. Programming is a fools career choice. Only fools can remain sane.
Having said all of this I have a family to provide for, so I can't go back to school or work as an apprentice. I need something that pays at least averagely.
I'm considering maybe working in IT support. Possibly IT recruitment? IT sales? Maybe as a business analyst. Maybe an embedded C job? Maybe a marketing agency?
Does anyone have any suggestions for programming related careers? Are there any sane, high quality careers left in computing?
Welcome to the club. No, there is no hope. IT is even worse. Low paid and highly vulnerable to automation. I'm also planning a career change. Not only do I need to get out of this madness, but it is also that employers only demand young grads without experience. Beyond 30 most companies ghost you. My options now are either to study for public servant, which here happen to be the only good jobs, or start a small business. I hate both because I hate having to deal with people.
Luke Wright
Send mailbombs to people causing the problem while living in the woods
Charles Hernandez
fuck off illiterate
electrical engineering, just fuck computers.
Levi Diaz
>I'm sick of being a programmer, I want a career change. happens to most of us when we get past 30. just become team/product manager. or say fuck it, live from your savings for one year then start your own small software firm that sells niche software (no, not freelancing - freelancing is just another form of slavery). I'm making from $5k to $10k a month with some super niche desktop software while almost all my ex colleagues are still employed and hate their lives. best thing: I only really work like 3 months in a year for support and maintenance. rest is essentially chilling in my garden and shitposting. I have no annoying family/gf so I can keep all the money I'm making. fuck my life is great
Alexander Rivera
>Most tools are broken. Fucking this.
>Maybe an embedded C job? I've read a good amount of embedded systems horror stories on here and I also experienced a few myself. If you want to stay sane, embedded is probably not the right way.
Ryder Lee
FUCKING THIS. I'm planning on doing the same. Good you made it.
Angel Moore
I kinda ended up in embedded this past few months. And nothing really changed from other programming jobs
Samuel Morris
there's not really much to "make it". just find a niche and write something that's better than the overpriced shitty fuck people currently use. might involve some trial and error but after a few tries you're pretty much guaranteed to find something that works. best bonus: you can move to rural bumfuck with living costs lower than in africa and your $60k which couldn't buy you a cardbox in one of the "tech hubs" suddenly become a lot of money
