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I just wanted to say I agree with the field being "pretty horrible", for all the exact same reason you posted. Civil/Mechanical engs, Doctors, Lawyers, Nurses,

I just wanted to say I agree with the field being "pretty horrible", for all the exact same reason you posted. Civil/Mechanical engs, Doctors, Lawyers, Nurses, Biologists etc, all get out in the field and/or get to work with people all the time... In tech it's the same flourescent lights, same keyboard, same office, same people...every day for 40 years? What kind of quality of life is that? It's literally the definition of the Rat Race, tech people are just paid better. This is a very legit reason for not entering the industry, and I think and is probably the biggest reason for the lack of csci majors.

taway_1212 9y ago
A lot of engineers on /r/engineering complain about either being a 8 hour a day CAD monkey, or "being stuck in this stupid factory" or "constant travel is killing me" etc. On a broader note, I don't believe a generally accessible job (i.e. not requiring some unique career path or tons of sacrifices beforehand) can be both well paid and rewarding. We're paid really well because we generate lots of value and we're relatively scarce, but at the end of the day we're just the requisite meat component in somebody's money making machine. It's bound to be not too pleasant.
- tonyedgecombe 9y ago
  Doing anything for money sucks the pleasure out of it, programming isn't unique in that.