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I don't like my job (yiffit.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not just my job, but the entire industry I'm in. I get paid really well, and I like some of the fine details, but overall I don't like it. My skill-set isn't very transferable either.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just curious, what are the things holding you back from making changes to your current work situation and/or skillset?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Skill sets take years, you get pigeonholed pretty fast. Major changes to skill sets take years and can cost a bit of money. Pretty much the only companies that would want my skill set are companies that I wouldn't want to work for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You already have a skillset that you can transform into something else, and you seems to have a lot of money stowed away, so you can take a risk to transform that skillset. Push come to shove, you can simply go back to your current domain.

But transforming a skillset is indeed hard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Its not that its hard, it just takes time and money. And the last thing I want is to invest time into another thing I end up hating. For now, I have a website I'm trying to build.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I understand the feeling. Are you tired of the field overall or just the hardware part of it?

I did QA for 5 years, which I'm grateful for but sucks a bunch. I tried to do pure software dev, it's not for me. Then I came back to firmware, but since I wasn't in the game for almost 7 years, I had to re-learn and live with the imposter syndrome for a while. I kinda kept coding during these years, but I had to convince others I could code.

Not sure where I am going with this. I understand how you feel, and I hope you'll find something that is better for you.

Feeling stuck is not fun.