Does anyone truly *enjoy* their job in tech?
Relatively new to tech - only 2 years of experience here so far. Yet find it extremely cyclical. Face the same challenges over and over again. Perhaps the setting changes occasionally but that’s really it. I understand this is not unique to tech and happens everywhere. But at least in product management, it seems like it’s research - design - dev with stakeholder management over and over and over again. Feel like I’m on autopilot mode and not truly enjoying working.
I used to be so full of energy and enthusiasm in college and school, eager to learn. But the cyclical nature of work has wrung it out of me, and I’ve sort of become a cynic lol. Who enjoys their work?
Same as a dev. It's same shit again and again, Project -> dev -> requirements change -> suffer -> dev -> negligible hike -> repeat
This isn't sustainable at all for my life 😭, I have 3yoe Can't imagine working in IT for 15-20 years 👎
Lol if this field didn’t pay as much as it does, nobody would be joining. Few will join out of passion but that will always be enjoyable off work - in hackathon, side project or smthng else
Very few can enjoy such boring work. But if compare with other fields tech work pays well and has no major job hazard.
Doing coding since I was in school, I enjoy each moment of it, though it is giving me little stress and hairfall, I don't mind it
From what i have seen its usually people with 12+ yrs of exp who actually love their job. I see very few people below 3 yrs of exp actually loving their job. I assume its due to the culture shock. Till that time, their are quite mobile, meaning nobody sits in one place for 10+ hrs. One can safely bet, even the most introvert 20 year old person, would not spend his evenings inside a room/house and suddenly after college, one is forced to spend evening stuck in office. i dont see any reason to be happy there. The first motivation that most people get after joining IT is a chance to go abroad. The next motivation factor is the chance for a permanent residency. People who dont have that chance are stuck in a rut, there is no reason to be happy. By 12 to 15+ YOE, people accept reality and move on with life.