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I will let others give you health advice. Just remember that nobody else will take care of yourself except for you. That said, here are some areas I have seen
by mathattack 15y ago
I will let others give you health advice. Just remember that nobody else will take care of yourself except for you. That said, here are some areas I have seen ex-programmers succeed:
- Finance - May require another degree but it's an easy transition. The math shouldn't be too hard. It can be in the treasury dept, risk, anything with modeling.
- Marketing analysis - you would be surprised how much Math is involved in getting a tube of Crest to your cabinet.
- Teaching - most cs folks know enough math to teach it. Many states are so desperate for math teachers that they don't require an education degree.
In the end, don't worry. Programming is one of the hardest intellectual tasks out there. Other fields will seem easy in comparison.
- Morcane 15y agolol you keep on dreaming that (programming being one of the hardest intellectual tasks out there).
- keeptrying 15y agoBoth Finance and Marketing Analysis will still probably need you to sit at a desk. Being a teacher would probably be better from a "not-sitting" point of view.
- mathattack 15y agoTrue. Very few thinking jobs don't require desk time, and based on the little we've read, thinking is one thing we can infer from the original post. Some programmers migrate to Sales and other field support jobs, but it's a bigger stretch on skills. Or more precisely - they require certain skills at a high level that aren't as required in programming. Anything other than superficial "Check out this field" will take more than a couple high level posts. Shoot an email address, and I'm happy to discuss more in depth.