Those who left tech for greener pastures, what do you for work now? What was the transition like?
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I'd say that was a lot of what I was interested before I got into this. Car work, house stuff, fixing small appliances and machines. It really piqued my interest from a young age and that's still by and large true today.
Without getting on too high a soapbox here, I'll say that job opportunities for me have been plentiful in this career path, and I've gotten to work in a lot of different places. We even moved permanently from the US to the EU because of it.
I feel automation is more stable and more hands on than comp sci or software, but that comes with more in-office or field/plant work and less working from home or the beach. The actual work is a lot of PLC/SCADA/HMI stuff, lots of importance in understanding complex electromechanical systems and how they need to work. Of course, like any field, there's good and bad jobs in it. It does fit the way I like to think and work quite well though.
I think comp sci could be a good field too, like you said: depends on the niche. But it, like many other things, will be around in some capacities for a long time
That's pretty awesome that you were able to move to the eu, its good that you mention its the way you like to think because that's how I was thinking about it too lol.
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I work for a small non profit.
I get to actually do work and make the world better. I don't have to deal with endless egotistical BS.
I get paid plenty. It's just half what I'd make at a corporation... god forbid!
I also used to run a small non profit business part time. But I quit because it became saturated with tech bros who wanted to make it into a bullshit corporate factory to satisfy their won delusional egos. My original partner were awesome, but they all left to start families.
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I have not yet, but I have a few years to go before I retire. I plan on coaching weightlifting. I might come back part time - I'm a gov employee, and they allow you to come back part time which means I'd be getting paid on top of my retirement. I'm not sure yet. If coaching works out well then I'd be happy doing that full time. Maybe even open a gym.
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No, but I've started thinking about getting a plan B ready (despite being in very stable circumstances). I am a late arrival to tech, but came to this field because I'm genuinely interested in it and want to immerse myself. It's not my background and trying to catch up and keep up is tricky, but it has been interesting.
Yet, with what tech is trending towards (chat control, government IDs required to participate online, talk of banning adblockers and VPNs, the ever expanding reach of FAANG or whatever the acronym is) I'm not sure whether I can keep the enthusiasm up. What attracted me to tech was the scrappy underdogs in FOSS, the people standing up to the monopolies...but I've been losing some of my initial optimism.
AI is just the latest development in the saga, which puts question marks on the viability of a career in tech, as well as providing sort of poisoned chalice of convenience to somebody still starting out. I want to know and learn whatever I can myself, but my peers are ahead and using AI. Whenever I use AI I can feel my patience, curiosity and satisfaction atrophying.
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I work for a small non profit.
I get to actually do work and make the world better. I don't have to deal with endless egotistical BS.
I get paid plenty. It's just half what I'd make at a corporation... god forbid!
I also used to run a small non profit business part time. But I quit because it became saturated with tech bros who wanted to make it into a bullshit corporate factory to satisfy their won delusional egos. My original partner were awesome, but they all left to start families.
Any suggestions as to how to get a job at a non profit?
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20 years in IT (server administration) and I’m just tired of it. Starting a coffee shop next year and leaving IT behind.
Best of luck!! I think about doing this myself.
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Any suggestions as to how to get a job at a non profit?
the same as any job. have expereince
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Best of luck!! I think about doing this myself.
Thank you. I have been spending the past 6 months planning and organizing the structure, equipment, recipes, brand, ect… Giving myself another year to finalize and settle funding I think is a decent goal. I just hope the economy doesn’t tank so bad that coffee goes out the window.
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Ask me in 6 months. Got laid off in July. Severance runs till November. I'm not sweating it at the moment, and I'm enjoying the breath of air while I have it. Next month begins the search.
I've already told myself that I'm not going to break my back to get back into tech. And a couple of things that I think would be interesting to try.
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I haven’t left yet, because I have no other marketable skills.
My only marketable skills are lying and ignoring reality, but I'm not willing to be a politician
