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The problem with those of us who make money in the tech field is that it's often pretty much binary.. all work pretty much all the time (and decent to great mon
by johansch 10y ago
The problem with those of us who make money in the tech field is that it's often pretty much binary.. all work pretty much all the time (and decent to great money) or no work (living on savings). Add to this employer's resistance to hire if you have you haven't been working lately... :/
- mifreewil 10y agoTry contracting.
- johansch 10y agoThat is easy as an individual contributor but harder when what you do is running engineering teams.
- ljw1001 10y agoThen don't run engineering teams :) - assuming you can code. When I realized most software companies treat engineers better than they do managers, I switched. I actually can't recall a single employer who didn't treat the engineers at least as well as the (non-executive) management. It's not a panacea, but there is a more regular sense of achievement and less BS.
- johansch 10y agoI think you may be on to something. Whenever I fall back to actual coding I do feel happier... Being a non-executive manager, as you imply, is often the shittiest of jobs. :/
- mifreewil 10y agoI think you're right, but there are plenty of companies (especially startups with new founders/inexperienced engineers/no engineers) that could use some help with running a software team. It's definitely doable.
- lwhalen 10y agoApparently being a 'virtual CTO' is a thing these days. Might be worth looking into.
- incompatible 10y agoI've thought of this. I've been living off savings for quite a few years, but it would be nice to do a bit of work for extra money / challenge / variety. But it seems unlikely that anyone would employ me.