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I hear ya!! I lasted 29 yrs. ‘95-‘24. First 20 yrs were interesting and I enjoyed it. Last 10 yrs were drudgery. I just stuck it out for the $$. It’s a hard career unless you are passionate about it. Good luck to you! I think you made the right decision. Money isn’t worth your soul.

Ye..different people, different needs. I tried programming when I was 6 years old before even home PC were invented. Now I'm close to 50 and keep doing that, because it allows me to avoid people. I dislike that I have to do conversations with others on calls too.. So my dream to get back to the pure programming with zero people around.

Same here ❤️‍🩹

I see a lot of commenters that were not supposed to be programmers in the first place. Personally I love it, but what ruins it for me is the corporate. Specifically, incompetent middle managers.

Thank you for sharing this. I am experiencing all the same and agree with all your points. Thank you for encouraging others to change as well

You are making the right decision. And. you are going to be succesfull. with it You already are.

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I'm an old, and, from my perspective, I think you're making a good choice for the right reasons. Life really is too short; money (or more precisely, money spent on flashy, expensive things) really doesn't buy happiness. The idea your generation were given, to follow your passions as a career, isn't entirely true -- or else we'd all be rock stars or influencers or athletes! But career work -- something you'll do for decades -- should be something you mostly enjoy and get satisfaction from. Given what you do find enjoyable from work, maybe sales is a direction you might look into. With your background being an engineer, it might translate well to software sales. Actually knowing how the sausage is made could give you an advantage. Best of luck!

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Welcome to the journey. If you’re at the start of educating yourself, I’d recommend you getting some work (contracting or whatever). This will give you stability while you decide on the next step. And stability will help you stay sane.

I respect u for having the courage to say goodbye bye to a good paying career at 34 where as to others who would stick with a miserable career just to avoid social shame.

I feel you on burnout. I tend to change industries to avoid this. For example worked with medical companies, investment companies, hell even spoke connected with the NBA to work on a cool project together.

What about sales career ?

My previous job cut our department and moved all our apps to an offshore team.

20 years in web dev. Sincerely wondering what else I can do.

Interviewing (and technical interviews) is the #1 thing I hate about tech.

Congratulations. You just landed a job in tech

Totally agreed: find something you're good at / love...

I'm recently laid off from a software engineering job. Literally the day before the layoff, I was asking my coworker if he sees himself doing this forever. I'm thinking of switching careers even though I worked so hard to get to the level I'm at. Life is short. Do what makes you happy.

It's like I'm hearing myself talk two years ago. I left my role as a programmer and ended up as a cook. I'm having a blast.

Respectfully, it doesn’t seem like you never knew what you really wanted. Reality is going to sneak up on you when your funds start running dry. That is unless someone else is going to take care of you until you decide what it is you really want. Truth be told your lack of passion certainly didn’t help with the decision in laying you off. I can testify you were already living your best life in Tech. It doesn’t get much better unless you go start your own company. Just so you know the horror in job seeking expands across every industry. But you’re still fortunate to experience it early in life as opposed to some of us after age 50 who have been in tech all our lives. You’re young and in a good position. So I would say get back on the horse while you can. Because you’ll be back when reality reminds you of how good your livelihood was.

all the best brother!

these videos are stupid. not all companies want you to know leetcode and DSA, it's mostly just FAANG companies. Start ups, SMEs, etc are radically different. i love building shit. at smaller companies i get to build a lot of shit from the ground up, without the red tape and all that bollocks. how can u get bored of that? interviews are substantially easier too

Best tip i can give: find a job that is easy for YOU, and that you can do even drunk, so you will be happy

i like coding because its funny and easier than having a boring suit job, i can work drinking beer

Given all the toxic comments you got on your video of leaving tech, I realize how hard it is to make a living as RUclipsr. Good luck on your new path.

Same here buddy.. 14 years been working in technology and thinking to quit and find something interesting… it just too much to handle as it’s too boring and meaningless even though money is good.

Feel exactly the same, but I have been in it 20 years. Problem is I don't know what else to do. Lost my jiob and had the hassle of finding a new job after 6 months. Small startup, hybrid work, which is way nicer than fully remote.

I start in the 90's cracking games and doing demo/Intro coding.... (MC68000 / ASM / C++ / Shaders) 30 years later I still do it for fun - not profit (not payed!) ! Even some Opensource stuff. Today i'm a Tech-teacher at a school

The SWE to farmer pipeline is real y'all.

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Wish you all the best. Good luck.

You should go to a good coworking space. I did it for years, good for socializing while working.

Tech is trash I make more in a blue-collar role and there really isn't any stress like there was in tech, it's really not worth it.

Do u know internet is a alien technology

It seems like tech was never your strong point. You could be a happy farmer though! People that often complain about everything and everyone, don't see that they are the problem. I know excellent developers and FW engineers that live a normal and a happy life. Good day.

I totally agree with you and look forward to more contents from you. Also, I am a 22 years old international student in the USA majoring in CS. I will graduate next year and I am really frustrated with the current job market. I have been applying for internships but getting rejected. and I really hate this shi"tty interview prep as well as the entire process. There is no other way for me except choosing this track that I have very little to no passion for. If my financial burden was not a deal for me, I would pursue beatmaking/music production as my profession. I am more into entrepreneurship and building business that I love to do and explore. Reality sucks and sometimes it's out of our hands. Do you have any helpful insights you might wanna share?

Codebootcamp graduates are not really software engineers

Psychology for the cute girls, funny strat. I'm also dreaming of doing some sort of internet based business full time. I need to start doing some long form content like this! Nice vid man

I'm a computer engineer, and working remote and never seeing other humans is the best part of my job. If you like interaction with humans, IT is not probably for you, it never was.

All the best man...even if u cant earn that much what u once use to earn atleast this life is far better than living that life of daily guilt and depression

What is your next step

This is why I tell people to go into healthcare (dentist,doctor, nurse), grind for 15 years and invest everything. Then just retire and do what you want.

what's the alternative to someone that has been in it a long time and don't see an alternative.

Wow, this video is articulated so well. I'm at the same point you were when you had graduated college. I just finished a degree in MIS, I've been a bartender for 8 years, I didn't have the chance to get an internship, and the market is so competitive that landing a simple help desk role seems impossible right now. But I just moved to Houston! It feels a little weird reaching out to stranger through a RUclips comment, but seeing as you're familiar with the industry and the city, I would love a chance to talk for some guidance. Thanks for this video, you've got another subscriber.

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i had the same issue , i left software engineering & moved to tech presales in my early 30s , guess what , its a lot more fun

Not his strength/passion, so why compete ? He may not reallize himself at the very first place. Not until now.

Sounds like burnout

After 8 years of software engineering (since I've graduated) I realized that the story just begins.