[nyxtom]

I'm very close to being completely done with tech. This whole career has been stressful and the ROI is debatable

[0xbadcafebee]

I've been doing it nearly 20 years, and I'm very done with it. But I need to save for retirement and I don't have anything else I want to do more. So I'm just apathetically collecting a paycheck.

If you focus on the career part, you can increase your network and find a much less stressful position. Last two gigs I've had I wasn't even on call (lol, imagine!), and found remote work. So better opportunities are out there if you work at it.

[nyxtom]

I'm in the same boat, this is a requirement to save for retirement and there's very little else that can compete - despite the fact that inflation is outpacing nearly all the efforts I've made thus far to have a reasonable retirement.

[DiggyJohnson]

For what its worth, "I've been burned out for years but need to collect a paycheck... so I've been taking remote work" isn't a good reason for companies to prefer hiring remote. That's actually a perfect description of how the same individual might have worse differential performance while WFH. The reason for the preference to WFH is also the reason for businesses to prefer RTO.

[matwood]

What else have you done? Tech has been a godsend for me. When I started I had to wear a shirt and tie every day, and now there are a lot of WFH options out there.

[snapcaster]

Did you start your career before covid? If not, didn't you already experience and endure 5 days a week in the office and not quit your career?

[SoftTalker]

I worked in an office 5 days a week, wearing a shirt and tie, for 20+ years of my career. My commute door-to-door was nearly an hour each way. Most of that by train fortunately. It was just normal.

[nyxtom]

I've been in tech for 20 years now. Inflation has outpaced everything

[monknomo]

Don't you think experiencing years of a different world might change someone's opinion?

[mindwok]

There's very few other fields out there that provide the benefits that tech does, with the work-life balance. What are the alternatives?