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by eldacila 2153 days ago
if writing software is what you don't like, you could try to go into something where you use software, rather than writing it, like a database administrator, a sysadmin, a systems analyst, or working in IT, or you could focus on a different role in software production, like usability/design/ui/ux, requirements engineering, QA, etc., or if teaching is something you might be interested in, consider teaching cs/programming courses, you could do the same thing there, if code is what you don't like, and teach courses about the things around writing code, as an example, the course I've enjoyed the most in my Computer Engineering program was about a lot of things around the code-writing in software production, there was only one programming assignment in the whole semester

maybe you'd like a managerial role? or if there's something you're interested you could try to get a job in that, in one of the courses in the EE portion of my Engineering program, a professor told us that after finishing all courses, with just about 4 more courses we could pursue Audio/Sound Engineering as a Career, if that interested us, it's basically some of the fundamentals, applied to sound signals, you could consider something like that

if you don't want anything to do with software... then I'm not sure what to recommend, give some more info about yourself?

like if you would think being a Mechanic is something you'd want... I've heard soldering (like heavy machinery soldering) can be very profitable, and fun, and the training for it takes around 6 months? something like that

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I read your comment to another answer, and I agree with the others, you have to look out for #1 (this should always mean "look out for yourself"), work on your mental health, work on your stress, and try to find a new career when you feel better

oh, and don't quote me on the soldering training time, it's something I heard in passing