I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
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Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#2A sad story indeed, but I've never felt any of my work has been "Snow Crashy" or monotonous or lacking the need for autonomy and creativity. I doubt it's representative of the entire industry, and it's not even fair to treat the industry as a monolith to begin with.
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#3> "In the meantime I’ll still be here coding, maybe actually enjoying it again, and trying to find a life where I have true balance between my work and my other needs"
Women are underrepresented in tech only because it is a sexist boys club, not because of anything having to do with personal choices.
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#4A sad story indeed, but I've never felt any of my work has been "Snow Crashy" or monotonous or lacking the need for autonomy and creativity. I doubt it's representative of the entire industry, and it's not even fair to treat the industry as a monolith to begin with.
most of people have jobs like she mentions, but they need money badly to live, so they have no choice than to accept it.
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#5> "In the meantime I’ll still be here coding, maybe actually enjoying it again, and trying to find a life where I have true balance between my work and my other needs" Women are underrepresented in tech only because it is a sexist boys club, not because of anything having to do with personal choices.
do you have data about this?
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#6I'll agree that the job is not fun, but it's still a decent job overall I think. I have definitely been miserable at many points, on the other hand. The real problem is that a lot of other jobs seem worse, not that coding is so great. I definitely do not have any sort of passion for it, that left long ago. Just a job.
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#7That did spiral quickly into a rant about women in the tech field.
But maybe all that ranting explains the lack of women in the field.
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#8The OP needs to place (2017) in the title.
> I still love coding, but I hate this industry
This essentially can be summarised by only doing software development as a hobby rather than as a profession. But again, this industry isn't for everyone.
While its always unfortunate that people who once enter this industry have now quit due to the 'long hours', 'deadlines' or 'burnout', perhaps they should have looked twice at the job requirements or questioned the number of hours before applying in the first place, rather than finding out the hard way.
This industry is unforgiving for those who cannot handle it or have no passion in the trade and only do it for the money. If you think a job as a SWE or a SDET is 'bad', wait until you go for a software engineering interview at a FAANG or FTSE 100 company.
If this sounds too 'hard' I have heard many vacancies for easier roles in the circus though who are willing to hire what they call 'clowns' and 'idiots'...
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#9A sad story indeed, but I've never felt any of my work has been "Snow Crashy" or monotonous or lacking the need for autonomy and creativity. I doubt it's representative of the entire industry, and it's not even fair to treat the industry as a monolith to begin with.
most of people have jobs like she mentions, but they need money badly to live, so they have no choice than to accept it.
Most of my male colleagues and myself included also hate the industry because the pay sucks, the hours are long, you are expected to do impossible things in impossible amounts of time, and we are so removed from the end users that it’s hard to get an idea of the impact we are having on their day to day grind.
It may have something to do with the local scene as well, as I’m pretty confident that not all workplaces are like that, it wasn’t at all like that where I was before.
That being said I find anonymously contributing code to open source projects rewarding enough to offset the daily grind.
Re: I just don’t want to be a software developer anymore (2017)
#10That did spiral quickly into a rant about women in the tech field. But maybe all that ranting explains the lack of women in the field.
Can you elaborate please?