I have been working at corporate job for almost 5 years. I work in IT (I do everything from software engineering to coding, business analysis, release and project management etc) and I am really fed up of the job.
Not because It is hard or anything but I should not have to explain same things to the same people all the time, dealing with the people who are not technical but somehow managed to work in IT (working on the technical positions without being technical) or the worst, people who are not open to learn new things and stick to the old ways of working as they used to (related with their job function). It's expected for me to deal with uncertainty all the time because business people don't know what they want. No matter how hard I try to seek alignment with them, It does not happen because ” business is not stable”
Some days I feel like, some people do exist to create work for IT to look good in their departments. My line manager is a ” yes man” who only cares to cover his back and the rest is not important. As you can guess, he does not like disagreements with business so he tries to deliver everything he is being told blindly. I don't know how many times I was pulled in a meeting without me having anything to contribute to that meeting. (This is very common on corporate jobs I know) It makes me wasting my time utterly.
On the other hand, I just want to switch to non technical IT job because IT is the only thing I know and It pays well. I am seeking for positions right now to switch from technical job to non technical job by knowing more or less, I will experience the same things everywhere but I don't want to be primarily responsible to deliver and develop things. I want to be middle man / paper pusher to reduce my work related stress. I am totally aware the fact that, personally I can't end work in the following 20 years but my solution would be having less stressful job and have less responsibilities.
Do you have similar stories or suggestions you could share with me?