Those who left software development, what did you end up doing instead?
Those who left software development, what did you end up doing instead?
Do people that have escaped still read hacker news?
I was a system administrator / Lone IT Guy at a marketing company for 15 years. Then I worked making gears for 5 years.
Now I'm wanting to dive back into programming, at 57. It's going to be interesting.
I'm leaving June. I'll do nothing, learn how to create music and maybe make money, but I saved enough to live the same life I'm currently living for at least 20 years so I have time.
I'd love to quit and have a small farm (fish pond, horse boarding, mushrooms, bees, and maybe some berries and fruits). Would be cool to grow and malt my own grain. Maybe even have a micro brewery/winery (regs probably kill that idea).
Of people I worked with two are brewers, one makes furniture, loads doing agile scrum roles or PM'ng or BA roles
Sales. I still make software, for myself. It is joyful.
/mode fun=on
Front end development.
Developer advocacy
Technical customer account management
Technical product marketing
Technical product support
If you like a more social aspect to your role, customer account management is a good option.
If you have an interest in marketing, Dev Advocacy/devrel/tech evangelism/dev marketing or tech product marketing are a great fit.
Curious to know what other did? Assuming you stayed within the tech space.