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Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
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Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
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This was my plan too, until I realized I'd start at 40 and finish at like 45 or 46. Would any company/engineering firm hire a mid-life intern with no engineering experience?
Absolutely. There was a student in his 50’s in my graduating year who was an aviation mechanic previously. There’s also a lot of opportunities at engineering firms for developers. Start that way and see if you like it maybe.
That's good to know, thank you! It's a dream I hope to pursue someday soon...
I didn't know engineering firms hired developers (what for? CAD stuff, or...?) That's a great idea, though.
Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
#103Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely. There was a student in his 50’s in my graduating year who was an aviation mechanic previously. There’s also a lot of opportunities at engineering firms for developers. Start that way and see if you like it maybe.
That's good to know, thank you! It's a dream I hope to pursue someday soon... I didn't know engineering firms hired developers (what for? CAD stuff, or...?) That's a great idea, though.
It's a great way to get started if you're already a developer. Here's some of the stuff my company is doing in the digital space:
https://www.aurecongroup.com/expertise/digital-engineering-a...
They like to showcase the visualisation and AI stuff but there's also a lot of development doing stuff like parametric modelling plus everyday CRUD apps for internal systems etc.
Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
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I feel seen. Jokes aside, carpentry is an amazing complementary hobby for software related work. There's something about drawing on a piece of paper and using your hands to make it a reality that scratches a lot of itches. Sadly, entrepreneurship doesn't leave much free time for carpentry.
I got into software because I am lazy. I don't think physical work is for me.
Getting into manual machining is another good one. If you go into it with even a hint of a "move fast and break stuff" mentality you'll find yourself mostly just breaking a lot of stuff. It's good practice for being deliberate in your actions.
Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
#106That's like asking someone "What's going to be my favorite color?" Only you can answer that.
Blue! No Yelllloooooooooowwwwwwww......
Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
#107I went through the same thing last few years. Ended up joining a venture capital firm as a technical researcher and love it.
I focus on crypto most of the time, and sometimes robotics, AI or developer tooling. I mostly talk to startups about their tech and do due diligence to make sure they know what they're doing.
I read a lot of whitepapers and go to technical discussions at conferences to know where the industry is going to see where we should be investing.
Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
#108Into 10 years into the career, I have found that in the end its all about the people.
Most of the comapanies suck making life easier for software developlemt, with useless standups, lack of documentation, proper testing, quick tasks, and on top of it micromanagement, un-productive meetings and with no foucs on culture. To me, all this energy drainging activities.
It is hard to find the real joy for the job, in such cases.
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Re: Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
#110I've found over the years that doing software engineering is fun, but being a software engineer is not. Especially the song and dance of trying to get hired.
In companies there is often a lack of leadership, organization, communication, honesty, and skill. I became a software developer because I like building things in Rails, so that's what I am focusing on.
For you, I would highlight that there are other languages/frameworks out there which might help with your tooling woes - but everything else is the state of the industry.