yep. on the regular. especially when a shitheaded boss is leaving me voicemails threatening to fire me.
Do you ever feel like you've had enough of working in the IT industry?
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Re: Do you ever feel like you've had enough of working in the IT industry?
#52Yeah, I’m sick of it but it’s about the only thing I can do at this point. Any other options seem at least equally miserable or a pipe dream. My career is basically dead at this point, so maybe it’s still worth it to jump ship while I’m young.
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#53Yes. I burnt out of FAANG, took a funemployment break, worked as an automotive service tech for a while, and am now back in tech. I returned with an appreciation for the flexibility and variety. Car work was varied but inflexible and the pay was terrible. I dabbled in other hobbies over the course of my break but in the end tech is the best overall way to support myself so I expect to stay. However, my next gig will…
I'm starting to think that's my go-to now - I need to either focus on smaller companies, where I can feel like I'm contributing to actual change. Whereas in the bigger companies I worked at, it felt like I wasn't actually doing anything, just because it was a constant struggle with politics and 'how' or 'what' things should/can be done.
If I can find a company that will just let me program and be where I want to be, in my own element, that may bring me back to my original point of happiness.
Re: Do you ever feel like you've had enough of working in the IT industry?
#54No, I feel I had enough working with people but not coding.
Re: Do you ever feel like you've had enough of working in the IT industry?
#55Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Please don't kill me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AB9zPfXqQQ
I believe you'd get your ass kicked saying something like that.
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#56Yes I have. Coming from an entrepreneurial family, I always had that itch to become part of something bigger than yourself.. But in IT you're expected to stay in your cubicle and enjoy the ping pong table. After 11+ years professionally in IT, i've already seen it all. So here I am; Ive been working for several companies, the last two being a "flat hierarchy" / Holacracy. Sound great right? Well no.. not if you want…
> Coming from an entrepreneurial family, I always had that itch to become part of something bigger than yourself..
I don't get it. Entrepreneurs don't want to be a cog in somebody else's machine, they want to start their own thing.
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#57May I ask: - How is your happiness and your energy levels outside of work? - How is your cognitive performance at work? (Can you focus, are your thoughts 'foggy', do you have any issues working out complex tasks/solutions that you used to solve without issue etc....) - Are you empowered in your job/role/team to make changes / improvements as you see fit, without being significantly limited or blocked by others? -- I'…
Curious how you "fixed" your cognition and energy levels?
This is sort of the TLDR - I had tried a bunch of things over a few years, changing my diet, more exercise, various antidepressants etc... - none of it really did anything at all.
I went and saw a new psychiatrist and he wondered if it was perhaps a dopamine regulation issue. As such he prescribed Bupropion - which is only prescribed in Australia as a smoking cessation aid - but off label / in other countries it can be prescribed as an atypical anti-depressant.
Almost all antidepressants work on serotonin and norepinephrine - however, bupropion works on dopamine, hints being known as an atypical anti-depressant.
Within about five days, it felt like I'd been swimming underwater and surfaced to the clear air for the first time in five or so years. And within, perhaps a month or two, my is completely back to where I was say eight or nine years ago, perhaps even slightly better.
A few other things changed such as ever since I was little child. I was a chronic nail biter - at within two months that was completely gone and hasn't come back over a year later.
So that fixed my cognition, and I now know that it's a dopamine regulation issue, and is completely treatable.
Re: Do you ever feel like you've had enough of working in the IT industry?
#58May I ask: - How is your happiness and your energy levels outside of work? - How is your cognitive performance at work? (Can you focus, are your thoughts 'foggy', do you have any issues working out complex tasks/solutions that you used to solve without issue etc....) - Are you empowered in your job/role/team to make changes / improvements as you see fit, without being significantly limited or blocked by others? -- I'…
As @flockonus noted, i'm also curious how you solved your cognition issue. If you're comfortable sharing, would love to learn!
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Re: Do you ever feel like you've had enough of working in the IT industry?
#59My consideration lately, am I contributing to my community as best as I can be? Could I be doing more? Perhaps I need to open a steakhouse? or cnc and 3d printing business?
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#60I craved meaning and purpose. Technology I was filled with ideas but never the motivation to work on them
I then found spiritual things gave me happiness. I began reading quotes about God. I then found a bible in hospital. It brought me to God and Lord Jesus Christ.
Today I can focus on technology problems again since I have a backstop.