Posted by: sojodude November 12, 2014
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Interesting thread. I'll share my own experience.
I have been in IT field for about 10 years now. Switched 4 jobs in 8 years so it wasn't all that bad and enjoyed much of it. Helped me grow super fast. Then I felt tired of proving myself all over again, making new friends and kind of felt comfortable with the last group. I had a lot of good friends in that group, went out for lunch happy hour etc. Work wise there was little growth, but I was able to keep myself satisfied thinking it's the same routine no matter where I go and I have good friends in this group. Like a family outside of home.
This year there were org changes and I was asked to move again to a new organization or find something else. Now that really pissed me off. Because everytime I go to new job I have to prove myself all over again find good friends, learn some new stuffs which may or may not be used in the future. I'm tired of that. And now I am starting to think I wasn't meant for IT at all. I enjoy talking to people and going out etc. Not stay and watch computer all day. I'm also looking for a way out. But I realize everything will get boring after a certain point. The only way out I see is to start my own company or some kind of business. That's not easy either. Especially when you don't have good business partners.
I'm waiting for my day to come when magically I'll meet some incredible people and we all will work on our own company. It's a long shot like winning a lottery ticket, but who knows. I want to keep that hope alive.
In the meantime, I'll give all I have thinking that my parents gave all they had, so why not me. I'll try not to think about work too much and enjoy my evenings and weekends.
I have been in IT field for about 10 years now. Switched 4 jobs in 8 years so it wasn't all that bad and enjoyed much of it. Helped me grow super fast. Then I felt tired of proving myself all over again, making new friends and kind of felt comfortable with the last group. I had a lot of good friends in that group, went out for lunch happy hour etc. Work wise there was little growth, but I was able to keep myself satisfied thinking it's the same routine no matter where I go and I have good friends in this group. Like a family outside of home.
This year there were org changes and I was asked to move again to a new organization or find something else. Now that really pissed me off. Because everytime I go to new job I have to prove myself all over again find good friends, learn some new stuffs which may or may not be used in the future. I'm tired of that. And now I am starting to think I wasn't meant for IT at all. I enjoy talking to people and going out etc. Not stay and watch computer all day. I'm also looking for a way out. But I realize everything will get boring after a certain point. The only way out I see is to start my own company or some kind of business. That's not easy either. Especially when you don't have good business partners.
I'm waiting for my day to come when magically I'll meet some incredible people and we all will work on our own company. It's a long shot like winning a lottery ticket, but who knows. I want to keep that hope alive.
In the meantime, I'll give all I have thinking that my parents gave all they had, so why not me. I'll try not to think about work too much and enjoy my evenings and weekends.