Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

41–50 of 65 posts

Re: Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

#41

Post by shyn3 »

Chris2048 wrote: post #35
shyn3 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Toxic. Rethink this. I had this mentality and it hindered me significantly. Now I listen too the worst idea and I've grown personally and professionally more than ever.

> I've grown personally and professionally more than ever according to who? yourself? Maybe you haven't grown, maybe your self assessment skill is just poor?

Dude learning to work in teams is the only way to grow.

You can only be so good on your own.

Im relating it to my pay and happiness. Realizing your team is amazing is liberating.

Re: Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

#42

Post by GianFabien »

You don't mention what skills you acquired during your active service. So I'm taking a wild shot.

Most areas of engineering also depend upon control systems and software. Have you looked at project / site engineering as an option? Depending upon your interests you could train in chemical, mechanical, environmental or electrical engineering area. Then look for field work. In my experience working on large projects gives you the added satisfaction of being able to say you contributed to the creation of specific projects.

Whenever I drive past a power station, sub-station, microwave tower that I worked on, I feel a sense of accomplishment.

Re: Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

#43

Post by Chris2048 »

shyn3 wrote: post #41
Chris2048 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I've grown personally and professionally more than ever according to who? yourself? Maybe you haven't grown, maybe your self assessment skill is just poor?

Dude learning to work in teams is the only way to grow. You can only be so good on your own. Im relating it to my pay and happiness. Realizing your team is amazing is liberating.

that response has nothing to do with the thread. What has has "learning to work in teams" got to do with it?

Re: Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

#44

Post by viraptor »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #36
viraptor wrote: post #27

> But sitting down, alone, in front of a computer screen all day every day is slowly driving me mad. Without changing the industry completely, I know of two ways to make the experience more social: - work from a coworking space (a smaller one where you actually get to know people and hang out) (edit, i assumed working from home, but that's probably not the case) - Try sales engineer (or similar) positions - you still…

> - work from a coworking space (a smaller one where you actually get to know people and hang out) (edit, i assumed working from home, but that's probably not the case) Serious question/devil's advocate here: if a corporation/company/business/startup/whatever is paying you for 8 hours of work a day (8am -> 5pm with a 1 hour lunch in between), when are you supposed to talk to people in a co-working space? Are you sayi…

Realistically I'm not even close to being 100% occupied with work during the work day. Maybe some people can do it, but none of the ones I know. But it's just an idea - not everyone behaves the same. If you hate distractions, I wouldn't recommend it to you.

But yeah, for me that's just organic chat about anything when people are not deep into some task, group lunch, some tech chat about a "new thing", etc.

Re: Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

#45

Post by ismokedoinks »

bsamograd wrote: post #4

> which grants me 4 free years of tuition at any public university in the country I would consider using it. That would put you around a lot of people on a regular basis that are younger than you that can learn from your experience. More connections is a good thing. You don't really know your co-workers. That is why they are great but they ARENT KEEPING YOU HAPPY. If you have enough resources to survive, I suggest go…

I agree here that school seems great. You might find out you hate it more and be able to come back to your job (or a similar one) with no real loss due to the GI bill. More likely, you will spark some passions and learn more about what you want to do.

Either way, I think gaining the perspective you have gained is great. There's probably far more jobs you don't want to do than jobs you do want to do, so finding out you don't like a job is not just normal/healthy but also very likely. Don't feel like you don't have any prospects, being critical is good and you just need to try more things (which school will help you do).

Re: Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

#47

Post by shyn3 »

Chris2048 wrote: post #43
shyn3 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude learning to work in teams is the only way to grow. You can only be so good on your own. Im relating it to my pay and happiness. Realizing your team is amazing is liberating.

that response has nothing to do with the thread. What has has "learning to work in teams" got to do with it?

OC literally said a manager who can't code is evil.

Re: Ask HN: I achieved my dream of being a self-taught dev. I hate it. Now what?

#50

Post by b9r5 »

Have you considered working at any of the national labs (LLNL, LANL, ORNL, etc.)? When I worked there I knew a lot of former armed forces members who had learned interesting scientific or technical specialties. It’s just an idea, in case it piques your interest. Most of the labs would be happy to have a motivated employee who is also interested in concurrently getting a college degree. PM me if you’re interested and I can try to provide more detail.
Post reply on HN