I am tired of working and it has only been 7 years post college. The first 4 years were spent at several ad agencies in New York where upon being hired I was asked to simply learn something like “Python” or “R” over the course of a week despite having no dev experience and the position only asking for Excel proficiency.
After adding these skills to my resumé (as well as the demonstrable working experience), I took another job as a contracted “research analyst” with no benefits at a start up that turned out to be yet another underpaid developer gig. Some 5 months into the position I was the last person on my team left and after another 6 months of 60-70hr weeks later, I single-handedly built the reporting platform and API used by everyone in the company and it wasn’t until I had another job offer that they decided to hire me full time. I cracked had a mental breakdown and took a month off.
The next job was horribly easy, but what I needed. Managed to automate 85% of the work and effectively worked 5hrs a week. Horribly unfulfilling work with stakeholders talking down to us like children, but I was happy. Then big tech came knocking promising prestige and pay and I bit.
Now I’m working 40-50 hours a week in a client facing position because I don’t have the chops to be a SWE, and I fucking hate it. I work with entitles sales people and clients, managers who couldn’t survive a weeks worth of what we do since they’re all MBAs with no practical experience. People CHUG the corporate kool-ade here and I’m starting to notice a concerning hate in my soul for society.
Idk just thought I’d share.