[jermaustin1]

My next big move will likely be completely out of tech as well.

I'm not sure when I will do it, but I've been setting aside a little money every week to buy/take over my wife's grandpa's business (handcrafted furniture - they sell 50-90 pieces per month all on pen and paper and over the phone and personally deliver the products).

I'll probably work on automating most of the more laborious parts (rough cutting templated pieces is one of the biggest time sinks, the other is hand spraying finish), and recycle more of their waste either into more furniture products or into something like wood pellets for heating or cooking.

[lovich]

It’s completely flabbergasting how much the tech companies are doubling down on it. At first I was angry at them for making poor moves but the entire industry does and has done this for years, and now I’m just curious as to what I’m missing.

There seems to be some pathological need for employers to only hire AAA 100x employees who happen to know all the rigors of academic computer science and being top tier engineers who are perfectly pragmatic and can solve the toughest and most novel software issues. They then take these employees who manage to pass that bar and put them in charge of plumbing together crud apps for the next two years. I recently found out from friends that I am trying to get into the industry, that they are being subjected to a round on system design for distributed and scaleable systems for entry level positions. At least one of those companies I know won’t let entry level engineers even look at something bigger than method until they have a few months under their belt. I just wish I understood the disconnect between what employers and demanding in the interview process and what they actually demand for their job roles