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Re: Ask HN: I need career advice to get out of tech

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Post by gdfer » Tue, May 09, 2017, 10:55 PM UTC

sharemywin wrote: post #9

ydidntithnkftht wrote: post #2

Throwaway as well here... Wow- this is a really close fit for me as well. My resume has started to look like I used it for target practice because I've been jumping around trying to find a better fit. ~12 years of programming here for various companies large and small. I don't have any advice for you but I would love to work with you on something (not that I would expect that to happen). Burnout and fatigue is real.…

If your going to start some kind of business do it before you have kids. I can't promise success but I can tell you'll become a lot more risk adverse.

Not to mention having WAY more time for it (assuming you're the type that believes once you have kids, they deserve your attention & care more than other things).

Re: Ask HN: I need career advice to get out of tech

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Post by wallflower » Wed, May 10, 2017, 12:14 AM UTC

joeclark77 wrote: post #20

I think there's opportunities in manufacturing high quality goods, "made in USA", even in small quantities. Tools, knives, furniture, machines... things that will last. Check out reddit's r/BuyItForLife/ -- a forum for people looking for the best quality stuff. Read "Shop Class as Soulcraft" -- with the skilled trades there's a lot less BS, a lot less politics, because there are honest objective standards for good an…

https://vimeo.com/31455885

Re: Ask HN: I need career advice to get out of tech

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Post by searealist » Wed, May 10, 2017, 3:41 AM UTC

> I have a lot of skills...without going into a Napoleon Dynamite quote or listing them all off, just assume that I can do almost anything in tech (architecture, marketing/branding, design, business, project leadership, team leadership, support, some dev, etc but not so much on finance, etc.). I have a lot of philanthropic experience using my skills to help people outside of tech. I'm persistent, intelligent, sociable and extremely hard-working.

Nearly all the skills you listed are wishy-washy and the only concrete skill you listed was some dev. In the immortal words of Napolean Dynamite: Girls only like guys who have great skills. I guess that goes for companies as well.

Re: Ask HN: I need career advice to get out of tech

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Post by siegel » Wed, May 10, 2017, 3:30 PM UTC

istorical wrote: post #18

Smaller companies have less politics.

Unfortunately, that's not universally true. But a smaller environment MAY have less politics and, even if it does, those politics may be easier to navigate.

Re: Ask HN: I need career advice to get out of tech

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Post by joeclark77 » Thu, May 11, 2017, 2:48 AM UTC

wallflower wrote: post #22

joeclark77 wrote: post #20

I think there's opportunities in manufacturing high quality goods, "made in USA", even in small quantities. Tools, knives, furniture, machines... things that will last. Check out reddit's r/BuyItForLife/ -- a forum for people looking for the best quality stuff. Read "Shop Class as Soulcraft" -- with the skilled trades there's a lot less BS, a lot less politics, because there are honest objective standards for good an…

https://vimeo.com/31455885

Thanks for the link, that's just the kind of thing I've been gobbling up lately.