I was trying/planning to get out right before the market nosedived. I was planning on my previous job being the last job I ever worked in software, at least for the time being.
Of course when I lost my job that all went out the window. Now it just seems infeasible to leave. I’d be fine paycut, hell I already had to take one, but the cost both in time and money to retrain to something else (that I think I wouldn’t enjoy at least) are too high.
I didn’t really want to go into software in the first place, but I was in a position in early adulthood where it looked best option available to me. In retrospect I wish I had done something else, and possibly later moved to into software development, because it seems a hell of a lot easier going that direction.
> Since then, I have learned new things, but not because they were "relevant" or "important", bit just because they were fun.
How do you maintain a career? I stopped caring about relevant and important and my career suffered for it. I stopped caring about fun because it was either a waste of time or inaccessible.
This is what I hate about this industry at this point in my life. Just this morning I was fantasizing about being a dentist instead and just be able to work for as long as I like, not worry about ageism, and otherwise live my life, without needing to constantly “keep up”
I think this is kind of a fantasy. My impression of dentistry and the medical field in general are that there are constantly new procedures coming out to learn, new techniques to implement, and new tools to train on.
Maybe ageism is less of a thing since a lot of dentists are self employed but if the dentist down the block is cheaper/better/less painful you're going to see less revenue.
Similarly you could find a job maintaining ATM software in 90s style Java but your earning potential will probably be impacted.
HN gives three features to YC: job ads (see above) and startup launches get placed on the front page, and YC founder names are displayed to other YC alumni in orange.
> This is a well worded way of saying the deep networks as opposed to shallow ones are the most vital for mental health it would seem.
I remember seeing a comment in here quite a while ago, and saving it. I haven’t bothered to see if it could be verified but this reminded me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31458101
> Reminds me of some story I heard (would be great if someone has a source) that you can spot who has more chance of dying of suicide in social graphs, because they are connected to (perhaps many) people but are not part of a single clique (group)
Of course when I lost my job that all went out the window. Now it just seems infeasible to leave. I’d be fine paycut, hell I already had to take one, but the cost both in time and money to retrain to something else (that I think I wouldn’t enjoy at least) are too high.
I didn’t really want to go into software in the first place, but I was in a position in early adulthood where it looked best option available to me. In retrospect I wish I had done something else, and possibly later moved to into software development, because it seems a hell of a lot easier going that direction.