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I'm glad you have the voice of experience to put behind my thoughts. When I read the story the motivation made sense, but my fear for the author is that workin
by dasil003 13y ago
I'm glad you have the voice of experience to put behind my thoughts. When I read the story the motivation made sense, but my fear for the author is that working in such a body shop will destroy his love of programming which is a pretty disastrous thing to happen to one's career path in today's world.
- vinceguidry 13y agoIf it does, then he really doesn't have a love of programming. Which isn't the end of the world. I wouldn't be too worried about losing career steam. There are plenty of things for a person who can code but doesn't have a passion for it to do. In fact, there are probably many more roles a person like this can take than someone who just wants to code all the time. And they can be a lot more lucrative. Burnout is probably going to be a good thing. Some people need to be forced to consider alternative career paths and skills to develop. Burnout will definitely do that. The new direction will ultimately prove to be valuable later on, but you won't realize it in the moment.
- BugBrother 13y agoWhat would you recommend? Note that the guy obviously is introvert (even I can usual ...cough... often find people to hang out with in new places), so administrating people/projects might be out.
- vinceguidry 13y agoImpossible to make a recommendation without knowing him. Most talented people find a good way through their twenties and he definitely presents as talented.
- FLUX-YOU 13y ago> If it does, then he really doesn't have a love of programming. Which isn't the end of the world. I get your sentiment and agree with the post, but this seems elitist. You can fall in and out of love with things and people. That doesn't mean you didn't or don't really love them.