• edric@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I actually know someone like this. He’s been in software engineering since the early 2000. I recently saw a post from him that he’s now a firefighter recruit.

    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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      6 months ago

      I’ve been in tech since 2005 and I wish I had the means to bail like that. I’ve honestly considered taking a fat pay cut and going back to driving a forklift.

      • sverit@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        I know that feel. Tech jobs are so mentally exhausting that you begin to wish for a job where your brain can finally get some rest :/

        • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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          6 months ago

          I get the thousand yard stare more often as I get older. I learned that it’s my brain forcing itself to take breaks.

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I started in 2006 web design & development, worked till 2019 when my company dissolved, 5 months before the pandemic.

        I moved out of the city and I’m fixing rusty old cars for peanuts. It’s nice, but can still be stressful. Just in a totally different way.

  • YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    I can see how decades of working at Microsoft can turn someone into a goose farmer. I’ve been using their products for decades and some days I never want to see their products again.