Software Job Dissatisfaction

It's possible to look at this the other way. For something that is supposed to be such a great employment, it sure has it's downsides. I'm starting to think it's inherent in the type of work, much like the stereotypes you know of accountants. Maybe not working as a coder is a sign your priorities are right.Part of it is that you need an insane amount of focus to be good at coding, and very few people have that and other skills like people skills (and if they do, there'

>> I sincerely feel bad for people who have to stay in itThis seems a really sheltered perspective without a real idea of the kinda struggles that exist for a lot of other careers. Not unlike some doctor/lawyer/scientist/executive talking about the profession as a "train to hell" because it doesn't satisfy some sense of technical purity.Before building software, I was stuck in dead-end sales jobs with a humanities degree that had no career prospects. Swi

Good Q. :) I think its normal. "Office Space" should be compulsory viewing if you haven't already seen it. ;) Many things that are fun, become not fun when you have to do them for a living , with pressure, deadlines, workplace politics. Its by no means limited to software. Plenty of musicians , who you'd think have a dream job, loathe it as a job while loving it as a hobby. Another one is teaching, meant to be the number 1 most satisfying activity so should be number 1 job,

Most jobs aren't programming jobs

Exactly. Tell a truck driver, construction worker, farmer, fast food employee how hard your software job is.

So much this. My dad was a school caretaker, recently retired. He said how relieved he is because the work was grinding him down so much. My partner is a nurse and actually dreads going to work on a regular basis. I never dread going to work. Far from grinding me down I feel like I'm growing. I would honestly still do it even if I didn't need the money. My job gives me an outlet for something I really enjoy. A way I can apply my skills to make myself useful and other people really happ

I'm graduating college with a BS is software eng next year so this grabs my attention. Programmers of the real world: Is it this bad? I can't imagine that it can be. I enjoy what I do. I even often enjoy frustrating programming assignments. Can a job really be that bad? I'm inclined to say that this attitude that we (programmers) are better than regularly jobs is a little too forward thinking.

There is only so much need for programmers in environmental volunteering. There is a great need for programmers who can write software for insurance companies. I know a number of great programmers who have left those jobs because they are doing boring. The ones who remain find things to enjoy outside of work. Some love programming and are happy to be paid to do it, but most are just great programmers doing a boring job 9-5 and going home at night to something they love. The only thing they love

It's weird how the hard working people that don't like their job get paid close to nothing and the software people enjoying their jobs get rich. I'm lucky that I could turn my hobby into a well paying profession, but it's kinda weird...

Software engineers / developers live in their own bubbles. It takes a certain amount of willfulness to want to get into that type of work, so it is no wonder a handful (or more than a handful) of well paid engineers actually enjoy their work. Of course that goes for other professions but I imagine the majority of the population does not live in your reality.