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This is a hard pill to swallow. I'm hoping though that there might be positions where I at least like the day-to-day work even if I can't get behind the what an
by streakofred 3y ago
This is a hard pill to swallow. I'm hoping though that there might be positions where I at least like the day-to-day work even if I can't get behind the what and how.
> Also, please don't spend all of your free time coding.
Sadly, I'm pretty drained after work these days so I usually do everything else.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoOk, one last piece of advice from someone who knows almost nothing about your day-to-day, just what you initially wrote. Your value isn’t from the skills you have, it comes from your ability to apply them to problems to produce a useful outcome. What parts of your job can benefit from applying your software engineering skills? It could make things a lot more bearable, perhaps even enjoyable.
- streakofred 3y ago> What parts of your job can benefit from applying your software engineering skills? It could make things a lot more bearable, perhaps even enjoyable. Thank you, this sounds like a good first step to getting some more passion into my day to day.
- quickthrower2 3y agoThat said they are definitely jobs where you spend 80% time coding and there are new features to code if not greenfield work. Finding them is a challenge to itself though, but asking in the interview is a good idea.