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> "leave for office at 7.30, reach office at 9.30"
Two hour commute? Yikes.
If I were a young single buck, I would either move and find a residence closer, request work-from-home, or quit and find a job closer to me.
I know being married+kids makes that a difficult choice, but it's worth your own sanity to explore all options. -
1h of commute was the worst I had. My 1st company changed their location twice while I was w/ them.
Longer commutes than that are too excessive. @PaperTrail has some good ideas. -
I still don't understand why people go into tech "for the challenge"
this isn't like the 80s. go into spaceX or something? nuclear engineering? computers are a standard item. why are you expecting unsolved problems? congrats you know how to code. now combine it with materials science for space or something
and don't forget, toxicity, clout-chasing, and fear, loathing, jealousy, useless work, and backstabbing only gets worse the flashier your aspirations. so people skills gonna have to upgrade also. why damning yourself for not being the greatest and most noble if you haven't even conquered what others have? I don't even -
@YourMom they're all fake clout chaser, or worse
I dated a guy who worked for NASA as a contractor. hah. and he was the worst person I ever met. and he kept saying space politicians are the worst people. no doubt. it's like all the sins of government in an echo chamber with infinite budget, and every fucked up emotion in a cauldron for like 100 years that bred a culture somehow. dead virus energy
I regret persuing Software Engineering as a career.
I am not sure how to grow. I graduated in 2020, been doing mobile(Android) development for last 5 years and after 2 switches, am stuck in a typical micromanaging toxic company with an average package and this is sucking the life out of me.
I don't feel excited about my domain. Earlier I had this twinkle in my eyes everyday I wake up, wanting to tackle the next big challange, explore the next unexplored area in tech. But now am in crisis
Firstly My domain(Android) itself is challenging. continuously evolving and people wanting to move to shiny stuff instead of what works. Wasn't technology the tool to fix problems? Why is it inventing problems?
2ndly when and where is one supposed to "live life"? i wake up at 6.30, leave for office at 7.30, reach office at 9.30, leave from office at 6 and reach home at 8.30 .
take 1 hour of dinner 1 hour of freshen up, and 6 hrs of sleep and poof! almost whole day is gone! why am i spending 20+ hours in a routine that isn't giving me any happiness?
I can't go to gym , I can't goto park to walk, I can't read a book, I can't make some side business/hobby, I can't play some ps game or go hang out with friends/family. is this normal?
Either am at an illusion that :
1. there are some companies that allow one to achieve all this with their remote work or
2. there are professions/business which allow this or
3. there are government job employees who love like this.
or everyone is doomed like me and we are all looking to die at early 50s. I sometimes think even a farmer is not that in pressure as us.
Lastly the work pressure to proof oneself every damn minute and the office politics. I just want to get out of this rat race
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