[fitnessrunner]

As a 42-year old who has been at this 20 years or so... and who got into tech back in the early 2000s for the love of computer science, I keep thinking to myself... maybe I could become a:

* Physical therapist (5+ years of training)

* Nurse (5+ years of training)

* Pharmacist (Out of the picture at this point)

* Plumber (5+ years of training (to actually get to a point

* where I would be pulling in good money))

* Electrician (same)

* Carpenter (same)

Or... continue to languish here. It really sucks right now. I've been doing 9x9x6 for the past several months because my company fired most of the US staff and are left with a skeleton contingent picking up the pieces, and of course now everything is on fire and everything is an emergency. Lunch meetings, 7AM, 9PM, weekend meetings aren't even blinked at in terms of being abnormal.

I can't stand AI and what it has "done" for society.

:-(

[jerf]

The best time to search for a new job is when you have one. Takes a lot of the stress out of search itself, though it sounds like your current job may be able to make it up.

There's a lot of companies out there. Many of them are doing useful things. I've worked in security for a long time; not as a "security expert" but for a company doing that. While I'd rather live in a world where we didn't need security companies, and it sucks that it's a problem, it's also something I know is actually contributing to the world, even if that contribution is solving problems that shouldn't exist. There are other companies doing useful things.

It may take a while to find something better but it'll take less time if you're looking than if you aren't.