Ask HN: Those who quit tech, moved back home, what do you do?

14 pointsakudha2mo ago6 comments

Especially those who quit tech and went back from western countries to their (non-western) homeland, what do you do now? Are you happier than before? What are the reasons you left?

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codingrightnow2mo ago

I quit software, though I never made it very far in it it was my profession for 16 years. I'm a corrections officer now. My new career is drastically less stressful.

PenguinCoder2mo ago

Interesting. I was a LEO, moved gradually into infosec. I think the stresses are different, but LEO was way more actively stressful.

VoidWhisperer2mo ago

Atleast you are less likely to get shot at in infosec, that probably helps with the stress

DANmode2mo ago

I want to believe.

What state?

sometimes_all2mo ago

I didn't exactly quit tech: I quit big tech and moved back home. Now I freelance, and I'm happier than I've ever been.

There's a certain joy to being with family in an environment everyone is familiar with and has a history in, which no kind of emigration can replicate.

subpixel2mo ago

I like to imagine that they also quit reloading this domain.

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