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It used to be a meme, because every so often a dev left into that direction, even though most devs loved their job. A month ago, I was talking in the office with three other devs when this came up as a topic. It was not a meme anymore, every single one of us had seriously considered it.
I went to trade school a couple years ago. Like three or four of my classmates were former programmers who were sick of the AI shit
17 year IT veteran here. I work on a dairy farm now. It's a peaceful life.
in finance the dream is usually herding sheep
My buddy recently asked if I had any leads on stagehand work, because he spontaneously quit his IT job last month. He said that compared to the stress of modern IT work, he’d rather be a local roadcase pusher.
I’ve been restoring classic cars for 3 yeses now. Lost my company 3 months before the pandemic and haven’t looked back.
This is the crazy reality of tech workers. I work in security and I really enjoy my work, but I'm about two days from rage quitting and making furniture out of wood.
See my comments for advice
Most people are describing a vibe not an actual career aspiration.
It makes perfect sense too. Most tech workers, I assume at least, enjoy building things, but these days the tech you build (or tangentially work on in my case mostly) is fluff. Even if the product isn't fluff, the tech world seems to try very hard to make sure you feel nothing towards it. You don't feel like you're a part of it and you don't see yourself in the work. The product isn't for you and it isn't even for the users, they, and you, are means to an end. The end is money for the people in charge of the company or investors. The natural feeling then is to be drawn to some sort of physical craft, something you make yourself and very tangibly exists. Something you can see yourself and the results of your labor in.
I'm going to probably have to do something else, because I'm losing my mind, but I'm not good enough at making things out of wood and have a house to pay off. I relate to the feeling though and the concept of "I no longer work in software and instead make furniture out of wood". It's a metaphor
Shit I'm considering going back to retail!