DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer Konstantin Khomko asked the community about a potential exit from the IT industry and an alternative to his current job. His LinkedIn post garnered over 100 comments. So what do IT professionals dream of?
DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer Konstantin Khomko asked the community about a potential exit from the IT industry and an alternative to his current job. His LinkedIn post garnered over 100 comments. So what do IT professionals dream of?
«Have you thought about „leaving IT“? The further I go, the more often I think about it. So if so, what would you do instead?», — asked Kostyantyn. «He himself „sketched“ options for colleagues: work as an assistant to a deputy, work at Naftogaz, at Ukroboronprom, at Energoatom, and so on, wherever there is a lot of money. I’m kidding. In Ukraine, the only alternative is commerce. If abroad, then there are even more alternatives. Truck driver, piper, electrician, builder, sailor, real estate agent, banker, and so on. There are actually a lot of options where the salary is higher than in IT. and where there is no such constant emotional and mental overload that a person burns out in half a year, or even faster, and then after a few months of unpaid leave, he comes back to normal, because he can’t take it anymore,» — noted the IT worker.
The people of Aitovo openly share their dreams and plans.
Scrum Master Maria S. has already had experience changing her field of activity. «I was already leaving, but life dragged me back. Now I’m working on leaving and not coming back. Breeding horses and working as a psychologist (or a moldmaker),» she admits.
Senior Front-End developer Artem Bohdan outlined a whole list of potential areas of activity for himself:
Software Engineer Yuriy Andriyko is ready to lay the tiles.
«If I go out, it will only be to the village to see the pigs, cows, and chickens,» admits developer Anastasia Davydova .
Lead HR Manager Anna Orlova would choose handmade. «The prices for dresses made using the Irish lace technique are sky-high,» she explains.
Liliya Yankovska, IT Recruiter, says she would like to draw concepts for games, but first she needs to learn how to draw. «Just like you, I have a bunch of purchased and unfinished games, the more I think about it, the more I want to buy a house near the city and become a writer, to work at my own pace and just relax in nature,» she said. she.
Vitaliy Shevchuk, Laravel developer, is ready to work as a math teacher somewhere in the village, run a household, and also «make wooden horses in a workshop.»
There are also skeptics among IT people. «What is the reasonable alternative to this?»
Well, except for cutting interest from the savings…», said developer Valentin Nechayev .
Denys Yefimenko, QA Automation Engineer, says that «for now, the only alternative is the third assault (and in reality, where will they write it down).»
