| > Still a good job but I would like seek something different if I was starting out today I'm only 6 years in, and I am starting to feel this. I went into computer science because it's something I knew that, at some level, it was something I always wanted to do. I've always been fascinated with technology ever since I was a child -- how things work, why things work, etc.. While studying computer science at my average state school, I met a few others that were a lot like me. We'd always talk about this cool new technology, work on things together, etc.. The was a real passion for the craft in a sense. It's something I felt similar during my time studying music with my peers. Perhaps, in some naive way, I thought the work world would be a lot like that too. And of course, this is only my experiences so far, but I have found my peers to be significantly different. People I work with do not seem to care about technology, programing, etc.. They care about dollar signs, promotions, and getting things done as quickly as possible (faster != better quality). Sure, those three things are important to varying degrees, but it's not why I chose computer science, and I struggle to connect with those people. I've basically lost my passion for programing because of it (though that is not the entire reason -- burnout and whatnot has contributed significantly.) I'm by no means a savant nor would I even consider myself that talented, but I used to have a passion for programming and that made all the "trips" and "falls" while learning worth it in the end. I tell people I feel like I deeply studied many of the ins and outs photography only to take school pictures all day. |
WebStuff is dead IMHO. It is primarily advertising and eyeballs - yawn. If I see one more JS framework I'll puke. We have so many different programming languages it is difficult to get a team to agree on which one to use:) Don't get me started on databases. I have apps that use 3 or 4 just because the engineers like learning new things. It is a mess.