I put in my 2 weeks the other day. It lasted less than 8 months but they were miserable ones.
I don't have any alternatives lined up yet, hoping to switch into something devops.
Eh, its fine. I get paid OK, I work remote full time, health benefits are good.
I'd like more pay of course, and a better structure around what I actually do (I'm considered a specialist, so I'm on.... Everything). I'd have to leave consulting for manufacturing or direct to corporate to do that though, which comes with its own issues in both cases.
Earning well enough to look forward to a life of living in an apartment I don't own until I die but not enough to buy my own house. Sad thing is that I'm probably in the top 10% of earners in my job in my country. And yet I'm not doing anything engaging. Nothing I'm doing actually is essential to the world. The world could do without the things I'm forced to make.
I feel stuck and the only thing that helps with that feeling is writing opensource stuff. Nobody I know of actually uses my stuff, so maybe it's as useless as my job, but at least it's out in the open and could potentially inspire somebody else.
The meme of IT staff becoming handymen or farmers might be me soon.
It's fine. Could be better. Could be a lot worse.
I'm not.
I'm mostlyhappy with my job, the benefits and pay are relatively good. however, I'm becoming more and more disabled and I'm not sure how much longer i can do it. and that scares me, because I'm not skilled enough to replace the pay I'm getting here (custodial) or the pension.
