Anybody that is sending you hates etc, well yeah it shouldn’t be a surprise on this website. I hope you don’t get any death threats. But let me tell you amongst all the haters, you are not alone. In the words of the Misfits… “Walk among us” (Little punk humor)
I kind of feel like being a web dev/programmer is like being a waiter in Hollywood. I can program, it pays really well right now and in high demand, but it not my career choice. But I’m always looking for my passion.
In 2013, I used to work at a small business that did videos for jobs. Instead of a job description, they made a job video. (I know crazy) I was the only developer, IT, sysadmin. I reported to the owners, who were nontech. After about 6 months I cleaned up all the crappy code (from professional developers of course). Reduced the insanity from the account managers and streamlined some processes. After that, there were days I didn’t get an email from anybody for weeks at a time. Because I took the time to do it right and reduce human friction. I respond to “emergencies” and kept the system up and running. After I had proven my knowledge and ability to keep the system running etc. I essentially became untouchable, it also helped that no one else knew what I did.
After that, I didn’t do much, work on side projects, exercised in the middle of the day, etc. I left in 2015 and my code was still in place in 2018.
In 2020, I finally threw in the web dev towel! (Working with Drupal and Drupal developers finally killed it)
Now I write Stock/Options/Futures for a family office / hedgefund, which is my true passion.
I kind of feel like being a web dev/programmer is like being a waiter in Hollywood. I can program, it pays really well right now and in high demand, but it not my career choice. But I’m always looking for my passion.
In 2013, I used to work at a small business that did videos for jobs. Instead of a job description, they made a job video. (I know crazy) I was the only developer, IT, sysadmin. I reported to the owners, who were nontech. After about 6 months I cleaned up all the crappy code (from professional developers of course). Reduced the insanity from the account managers and streamlined some processes. After that, there were days I didn’t get an email from anybody for weeks at a time. Because I took the time to do it right and reduce human friction. I respond to “emergencies” and kept the system up and running. After I had proven my knowledge and ability to keep the system running etc. I essentially became untouchable, it also helped that no one else knew what I did.
After that, I didn’t do much, work on side projects, exercised in the middle of the day, etc. I left in 2015 and my code was still in place in 2018.
In 2020, I finally threw in the web dev towel! (Working with Drupal and Drupal developers finally killed it)
Now I write Stock/Options/Futures for a family office / hedgefund, which is my true passion.
That’s similar to doing nothing as well.