When I was 17 a company poached my from my technical high school and put me in the field to learn by doing. It went great, but it’s not the career I want. I need to find the same opportunity but in a software developer role. I’m confident that I’ll be a sponge and I’ll produce results quickly under someone’s wing, but it’s rare that someone wants that with such competitive market.
If someone here is curious about this, please reach out, I’m willing to take it as a second job part time if you can’t pay much, or even if you can’t pay. All I need is an opportunity to get my foot in the door.
Coming from someone who also said “I want to build things not fix them” when I picked CS when I was 18.
To be fair, I went to ODU though and didn’t have the best grades.
I think this is what I want my career to be so I’m trying to go for it. If it’s not, then I’ll go for mechanical engineering and I’ll start all over. Mech eng would line up with my hobby of racing cars in part.
If financially able I would recommend hiring people to help. It can be from care, to cleaning the house, getting your groceries. Outsourcing costs money, but it will create time for yourself.
The (false) freedom, (unstable flow of) money, and (faux) independence of being a business owner can seem great, but the 24/7/365 grind isn't worth it for so many who try. I didn't have a weekend off for 9 years!
If your business fails, take the lessons and run, particularly with regard to whether you want to be owned again by your livelyhood in future endeavors.
Maybe failure is the door you've been looking for. Don't be afraid of it.
What about the ones you don't care about as much? Well, you don't care about them, so not doing them is not a problem.
An overlong todo list is a nice tool to help prioritize the valuable things.
1. eat enough 2. sleep enough (you're depressed, you need more sleep than normal) 3. read the Bible
That last one is for christian folks. My faith and dependence on God has been the thing that has allowed me to pull through. Self-care comes in close second.
If your company has a risk register, this is an important item to add, and if not it's time to make one.
2. Not enough energy and not great health (I get sick rather easily when I get outside during less than perfect weather).
Why are my sheltered retirement funds only available penalty-free at 60 and onward?
Can I survive and thrive in tech into my 50s?
Only if you are by then successful. If not, your career will stall late 30s when you realize tech is age-bound, however immoral or illegal.
They absolutely will hire 2 inexperienced college grads over paying for your 25 years of experience everytime.
Nadda.
Patella Femoral Syndrome
Arthritis in my back at age 27
You guys are wimps
