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I left startup scene and more specifically web dev, I was full stack. I didn't like the 60-80 hrs week with no overtime really. I also didn't have any real li
by digitalzombie 10y ago
I left startup scene and more specifically web dev, I was full stack.
I didn't like the 60-80 hrs week with no overtime really.
I also didn't have any real life and wanted to spend my free time looking for a girl and concentrate on my health (exercise). 60-80 hrs really kill most of your plans...
I left to go back to school to become a data science... so I guess it's not really leaving.
But I'm not giving up my years of experiences to go to a totally different field. Just web dev isn't there any more with the recent bootcamps pumping out tons of, in my opinion, ok-ish web dev. Beside who am I to say when I can't do those google interviews anyway. I didn't have enough grit to compete or tell the "CTO" why they should hire me over two other web devs that graduated from some bootcamps for the same salary. I left two startups after they hire pretty bad people, they came calling me for freelance works though even though I left because I disagree with the CTO and the other because too much free overtime.
So I said fuck it, and went to school and get another hard degree (other than my bs in comp sci, I'm doing master in stat). I doubt a bootcamp can do that and plus the data science field is very wide. Maybe who knows one day I end up in Google or some nice tech company in SolCal, a nice stable job and concentrate on other aspect of my life while enjoying my career instead of slaving away and hating my passion.