I've been thinking about whether this job is a "forever" job or if people eventually move on to something else. I think more and more about what life might be like if I didn't have to code and do technical work all the time. Do you plan to stay in the field for a long time, or do you have an exit strategy?

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Retire and live in the woods. Take up carpentry maybe

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Too physical for me and im not that rich yet. Just aim for a simple job where your responsibility are just to backup data and integrate system (mature env) and you don't need to build much

I myself don't feel like this is a forever job. Im leaning towards a more stable jobs like a tech support in a big hospital, university, something. The pay may be not that much but it is sure is stable.

Tech support at a big hospital! That sounds nice and could be part time too

Would surely like to hear others opinion on this. Like what I do but dealing with feelings of being burnt out by pace and the constant pressure on delivery/ impact

I go back and forth. Some weeks I want out completely, other weeks I can’t imagine doing anything else. I’m taking that as a sign not to make any drastic moves yet.

Same, I think it’s because I live having a team I can interact with daily. I wonder if that’s part of it for you too

Definitely not a forever job. I’ve done it for 11 years now and it’s truly soul sucking but man is the fiscal comfort nice. My husband and I decided in six years after we have hoarded enough money we can demote ourselves to simpler jobs.

My plan is to exit as soon as humanly possible (FIRE).

Me too. I don’t spend a ton of money which helps

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