HACKER Q&A
📣 confoundcofound

Have any of you left tech? How has it worked out?


Have any of you left tech? How has it worked out?


  👤 mikewarot Accepted Answer ✓
You'll likely run out of money and regret the choice, as getting back in won't be easy.

Be very sure you can avoid my fate in this manner.

Edit: it's hard because platforms changed since I was in IT.. Windows desktop programming isn't considered a valuable skill in 2023. Nor is being a Windows system administrator.

Also, Delphi was peak programmer productivity, it's all rapidly downhill not that all work is fed through the thin straw that in the smartphone/ tablet/ browser interface.


👤 mtmail
related from 2 days ago, 300 comments "Ask HN: Has anyone switched from a professional job to a more manual one?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36057665