New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How can I get out of tech?
Ask HN: How can I get out of tech?
4 by potta_coffee | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Long story short, I'm a veteran and I receive treatment for PTSD. I've struggled for years. Treatment is helping but I feel that I am no longer "hacking it". I have an easy job right now, but I have no idea how long it will last. I'm barely doing anything. I'm interviewing at a new company but I can no longer cut it when I get to the tech screenings. I don't sleep much, maybe 4 hours a night if I'm lucky. I have decent chops but I've never been amazing at the interview game and I feel like this time around, my mind is so fuzzy and stupid. I really, really need to just slow down and do something simpler, but I have kids and a mortgage to pay and I don't know how I can afford to stop receiving the income I have. I'm welcome to any thoughts / ideas / suggestions, but I'm especially looking for ways I can just slow down, change careers and quit tech altogether. I have a few irons in the fire, but nothing that I could get off the ground quickly and make a decent income. I'd really love to be a guitar teacher.
4 by potta_coffee | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Long story short, I'm a veteran and I receive treatment for PTSD. I've struggled for years. Treatment is helping but I feel that I am no longer "hacking it". I have an easy job right now, but I have no idea how long it will last. I'm barely doing anything. I'm interviewing at a new company but I can no longer cut it when I get to the tech screenings. I don't sleep much, maybe 4 hours a night if I'm lucky. I have decent chops but I've never been amazing at the interview game and I feel like this time around, my mind is so fuzzy and stupid. I really, really need to just slow down and do something simpler, but I have kids and a mortgage to pay and I don't know how I can afford to stop receiving the income I have. I'm welcome to any thoughts / ideas / suggestions, but I'm especially looking for ways I can just slow down, change careers and quit tech altogether. I have a few irons in the fire, but nothing that I could get off the ground quickly and make a decent income. I'd really love to be a guitar teacher.
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