Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
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Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
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Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#2You call yourself "Old, Tired, and Bitter" but it actually sounds like this is your first, maybe second job out of college.
Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#3You call yourself "Old, Tired, and Bitter" but it actually sounds like this is your first, maybe second job out of college.
Third. I've only been at it for 6 years now. I'm 27. I'll correct the title for you to be "Older, Tired, and Bitter"
Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#4You call yourself "Old, Tired, and Bitter" but it actually sounds like this is your first, maybe second job out of college.
Possibly true. Cybikos were released in 2000, meaning he's approaching 30 or in his early 30s. Does that affect the article much? He could easily be one of the older people on the team, depending on where he works, and his career could be approaching a decade. That's more than long enough to be tired and bitter!
Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#5You call yourself "Old, Tired, and Bitter" but it actually sounds like this is your first, maybe second job out of college.
Third. I've only been at it for 6 years now. I'm 27. I'll correct the title for you to be "Older, Tired, and Bitter"
Did you pick these companies to work for, or did they approach you?
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Third. I've only been at it for 6 years now. I'm 27. I'll correct the title for you to be "Older, Tired, and Bitter"
Did you pick these companies to work for, or did they approach you?
I picked all three. The first was a medium sized startup (90 employees, mostly sales, only 5 devs). The second was a small startup (15 employees, 5 devs). My current job is a huge hosting company with like 3000+ employees in my location.
Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#7Change your lifestyle temporarily, go heads down and pay off your debt in 12 months. Probably could.
Alternatively, there are plenty of places to work that won't make you feel like a small cog in a giant machine.
Self improvement comes from, improving your situation. No one will do it for you.
Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#8Change your lifestyle temporarily, go heads down and pay off your debt in 12 months. Probably could. Alternatively, there are plenty of places to work that won't make you feel like a small cog in a giant machine. Self improvement comes from, improving your situation. No one will do it for you.
This is my third try at improving my situation, each time the money has increased and is helping me pay that debt off. So I'm getting closer on that front, but I don't want the money. I want to be excited to wake up every morning and go build something amazing.
Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you pick these companies to work for, or did they approach you?
I picked all three. The first was a medium sized startup (90 employees, mostly sales, only 5 devs). The second was a small startup (15 employees, 5 devs). My current job is a huge hosting company with like 3000+ employees in my location.
There's something wrong with how you evaluate your potential employers, then. I understand how one can make the mistake that working at any startup would mean that it is going to be an exciting job. If you want to be excited about what you are working on, the fact that a company is a startup or a huge company isn't important; the question is always, what are they making, and are you excited about that?
Re: Coding as a Career Isn't Right for Me
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I picked all three. The first was a medium sized startup (90 employees, mostly sales, only 5 devs). The second was a small startup (15 employees, 5 devs). My current job is a huge hosting company with like 3000+ employees in my location.
There's something wrong with how you evaluate your potential employers, then. I understand how one can make the mistake that working at any startup would mean that it is going to be an exciting job. If you want to be excited about what you are working on, the fact that a company is a startup or a huge company isn't important; the question is always, what are they making, and are you excited about that?
They're all making glorified crud apps, stuff that I could make solo. I'm not excited by it.