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Go see a therapist, you have issues. The issue is with you. Not every company out there is bad, some are bad, some are good. They will of course have their c

Go see a therapist, you have issues. The issue is with you. Not every company out there is bad, some are bad, some are good. They will of course have their challenges, and you can find one to be a member and figure out how to make them better or you can dip out and be on the sideline complaining about how everything sucks. Go see a therapist, if you can afford to take some time off to decompress and find yourself, so so do. Best of luck. I've been in tech for far longer, I love it. We really live in the future, when I see the advances that have been made and stop and really contrast with 20yrs or even 10yrs ago, I'm very humbled. We can definitely get better, but things ain't as bad as you make it out to be.

foolmeonce 6y ago
I think it's pretty good to talk to a therapist when switching careers, I know people who benefited greatly from talking it through. But, I don't think a dislike of tech work today would need to be an internal issue. Tech had other issues before that are kind of resolved and at the same time new problems have evolved that might not be apparent to all frogs in the water. The biggest overall problem I see for a life in tech is that constant information has created constant competition to integrate popular ideas into the work place. There are therefore a lot of places that have exactly the same things, and popular things rarely live up to the label, which can be fine, but some can be major irritants. Of course, there are some places that make a point of being stubborn about keeping a difference, but I'm less likely to estimate in years or decades when an organization claims it is sticking to an unpopular direction than I was in say 2000. So increasingly, I think there is less choice about many of the factors that go into an office job in a place that prides itself on tech. For all the talk of diversity, there's a lot more one size fits all.
finnthehuman 6y ago
Your post is just doubling down on a few memes that are unnecessary stressors leading to burnout. >Go see a therapist, you have issues. The issue is with you. The idea that having a negative outlook about the tech workplace is cause for professional intervention to tinker around in someones brain is exactly the kind of lopsided conventional wisdom that doesn't do anyone any good. It's OK to hate your job. Lots of jobs suck. Even jobs some people find a way to like can be miserable. Industries where it's normal for people to expect work to not be fun but have to do it anyway, they have better collective coping mechanisms than tech does. People don't feel wrong for hating their job, and don't have to be afraid to admit it when looking for support. Pedantically, yes someone suffering from burnout would benefit from talking with a therapist. But in a practical sense going after someone with "The issue is with you" for trying to have a casual talk about burnout among peers is a brutal over-reaction. >I've been in tech for far longer, I love it. We really live in the future, when I see the advances that have been made and stop and really contrast with 20yrs or even 10yrs ago, I'm very humbled. The idea that technology and/or progress in and of themselves could or should offset any of the negatives in the workplace is not only bullshit, but a really dumb thing to say to someone dealing with the stressors that lead to burnout.

foolmeonce 6y ago

I think it's pretty good to talk to a therapist when switching careers, I know people who benefited greatly from talking it through. But, I don't think a dislike of tech work today would need to be an internal issue. Tech had other issues before that are kind of resolved and at the same time new problems have evolved that might not be apparent to all frogs in the water. The biggest overall problem I see for a life in tech is that constant information has created constant competition to integrate popular ideas into the work place. There are therefore a lot of places that have exactly the same things, and popular things rarely live up to the label, which can be fine, but some can be major irritants. Of course, there are some places that make a point of being stubborn about keeping a difference, but I'm less likely to estimate in years or decades when an organization claims it is sticking to an unpopular direction than I was in say 2000. So increasingly, I think there is less choice about many of the factors that go into an office job in a place that prides itself on tech. For all the talk of diversity, there's a lot more one size fits all.

finnthehuman 6y ago

Your post is just doubling down on a few memes that are unnecessary stressors leading to burnout. >Go see a therapist, you have issues. The issue is with you. The idea that having a negative outlook about the tech workplace is cause for professional intervention to tinker around in someones brain is exactly the kind of lopsided conventional wisdom that doesn't do anyone any good. It's OK to hate your job. Lots of jobs suck. Even jobs some people find a way to like can be miserable. Industries where it's normal for people to expect work to not be fun but have to do it anyway, they have better collective coping mechanisms than tech does. People don't feel wrong for hating their job, and don't have to be afraid to admit it when looking for support. Pedantically, yes someone suffering from burnout would benefit from talking with a therapist. But in a practical sense going after someone with "The issue is with you" for trying to have a casual talk about burnout among peers is a brutal over-reaction. >I've been in tech for far longer, I love it. We really live in the future, when I see the advances that have been made and stop and really contrast with 20yrs or even 10yrs ago, I'm very humbled. The idea that technology and/or progress in and of themselves could or should offset any of the negatives in the workplace is not only bullshit, but a really dumb thing to say to someone dealing with the stressors that lead to burnout.