[StephenHerlihyy]

I left technology about a decade ago to join the Military. It was an adjustment, but honestly was the greatest job I've ever had. Compared to tech where everything seemed high stress and had terrible work life balance, my military career was like playing on easy mode. Failure was impossible, no one wanted to stay a minute longer than they had to and everything was already on fire so putting it out was never really that urgent. It sounds crazy but I loved it. Now I am refreshed and pivoting back to tech with a fully funded Master's degree.

[embedding-shape]

If it was the greatest job you ever had, what is the much better job you're aiming to get/got now?

[StephenHerlihyy]

Honestly I would have done 20 years if I had been so lucky. My body had other plans however. I'm trying to get back into the embedded/defense space though. I was a low-level C/C++ programmer back in my early tech days and so it's been pretty neat coming back to it. Absolutely insane that these tiny little chips have so much raw compute power. I used to view under a millisecond as "good enough" but get to tinker with microseconds now.

[pelagicAustral]

This sounds a lot like my job (government).