What do you not like about tech? I work in gov space sector and while it’s crazy bureaucratic and risk adverse, it’s a fulfilling mission and most people I work with are just excited to be working “in space” like their 12-year old self dreamed of.
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#12What are you fed up with? It seems that would be needed to determine if the problem you have is either fixable within tech or if you will be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire by going to something else.
Without knowing anything else, go to law school.
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#13What do you not like about tech? I work in gov space sector and while it’s crazy bureaucratic and risk adverse, it’s a fulfilling mission and most people I work with are just excited to be working “in space” like their 12-year old self dreamed of.
> What do you not like about tech?
I feel that it's no longer about making quality products, but more about milking money by any means, even if immoral and/or obviously (self-)destructive. It may have been like that for some time already, but I wasn't able to realize that before.
It seems to me as if we've become the machine that we wanted to build.
I would love doing something that's more "down to earth". Optimally, in some sector that is involved with treating people with respect - "as if" they were real human beings. An alternative would be working outdoors and being nearer to nature in general.
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#14Real estate is an option. Buy a house, fix it up, rent it (most likely short term to avoid tenants squatting your house and being protected by the police), sell it. Repeat. If you start a business pick a place where economic prospects look good and the government won't ruin you or kill your market. Eg. I wouldn't start anything in any high tax country in Europe or California
Pro tip: do it in a sane country where occupation is impossible.
There are also states in the US where this nonsense is not a thing.
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#15First, have a million dollars...
Doesn’t just about everyone in tech? (I’m not in tech anymore since 2003 so just watch from sidelines)
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#16I did a one year graduate diploma in secondary teaching, can now teach math, physics and IT. I taught in Asia for a number of years, easy to find work there if you're a native English speaker. Another option would be to take up a trade, painting house interiors is something that you can learn fairly quickly, don't need a lot of tools for, and can charge well for. That being said, each sector has its downsides, trades…
Link to the teaching program?
Literally any teachers college in my country. You will need to look into options in your area
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#17First, have a million dollars...
Doesn’t just about everyone in tech? (I’m not in tech anymore since 2003 so just watch from sidelines)
I’ve been in tech for the past decade and I sure as shit don’t have a million dollars. I’m just about getting to a point where I can buy my first house and not be house poor. To get that money you need to be in FAANG or other places that give you a lot of stocks that appreciate a ton.
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#18Science could really use your expertise. Have you considered a job in a research group or facility? See what jobs your university has.
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#19If you are a native speaker, maybe go into technical writing? Or, if you have the eye for it, design?
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