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by flkenosad 835 days ago
Why do you want to work in tech so bad? Just get a different type of job and code on the side.
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Why do you want to be a <insert job you're passionate about>, just do it as a hobby spend ~8 hours a day doing something you hate.
Hell, what if you’re not even passionate about tech, but you trained for it and became a pro? Like imagine telling an out of work electrician that they should exit the industry and just do it as a hobby.
If your an out of work anything, why not consider other careers? Work is work and if nobody's paying for it, is it really work?
Probably because of spending 4+ years of school training for it, tens of thousands or even more on said schooling, and a decade or more of your life after honing those skills on the job? It’s not an easy thing for all of us to just throw away.
no actually, it's because with a family to support, i can't afford to start over training for a new job and living on a junior level salary.
I think that jives with the theme of sunk costs. I guess it's not socially acceptable anymore to sell the kids to science.
Boo hoo. Sorry you got scammed. But the sooner you wake up and join the rest of reality the better.
Quite a scam if it results in a decade plus long career lol. But ok, what job do you think an out of work developer should switch to?
So dramatic. You don't have to hate it. Just do something you can put up with. And it's rewarding contributing to society in a way that other people value. This is how 99% of people view work.
It sounds bad, but it is actually very pampered to belive one has a right to work with something that one is passionate about.
> it is actually very pampered to belive one has a right to work with something that one is passionate about.

Everybody has the right to seek work that they are passionate about and they should do so even if it's tough. What would the work look like if nobody would be passionate about it? Maybe you have spent too much time in bad positions?

It's not about the type of work you are doing. You can be passionate about work, in general. You know? Value punctuality, discipline, putting in a hard days work, and knowing that you're contributing to something greater is enough for most people.
> It's not about the type of work you are doing

Did I say that it is?

Für mich, Softwareentwicklung ist die eine Arbeitsstelle, wo meine c. B1 Deutsch ist (normalerweise) kein Problem.

The original poster was "in the EU", just like I am. It's entirely plausible that for them, like for me, language is a barrier to other jobs besides tech.