Feeling Lost in Software Engineering? Need Career Advice? #SoftwareEngineering #CareerAdvice
Are you struggling in your fourth year of Software Engineering, feeling burnt out and miserable? Unsure about your career path and looking for guidance? Read on to discover what to do next and how to navigate through this challenging time.
## Feeling Lost in Software Engineering
– Have you realized that Software Engineering is not the right fit for you?
– Are you finding no joy in coding and constantly feeling frustrated?
– Do you identify more with nature and animals rather than tech-related topics?
## Considering Your Options
– Are you thinking about starting over in a different field like agriculture or earth science?
– Worried about the time, financial, and personal commitment of pursuing another bachelor’s degree?
– Feeling lost but not entirely out of options?
## Seeking Advice and Support
– Unsure about your next steps and seeking advice on how to proceed?
– Planning to return to the US but feeling uncertain due to your current situation?
– Considering alternative career paths but not sure where to start?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed and lost in your Software Engineering journey, it’s essential to seek guidance and explore other opportunities that align with your interests and passions. Stay tuned for valuable insights and tips on navigating through this challenging time. #CareerShift #FindingYourPath
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Hey there, i just want to tell you how much I feel you. You are not alone. My story is very similar. I studied media and marketing and realized only in my masters degree how much I actually hate it. So I already had my bachelor’s degree. Sometimes it can take really long to have – or rather accept – certain realizations. I think I was simply in denial for a long time and never thought about where this study program would lead me… Just like you I started hating it more an more, to the point where I would cry and scream out of frustration in front of my PC… I was utterly miserable.
And just like you I had a great interest in the outdoors and animals. It’s been a year since I quit my master program. Don’t miss it one bit. And I’ve started doing a hunters license where I now learn a lot about nature and wildlife and I highly enjoy it. It’s super interesting to me. I also have discovered different job ideas and I am now slowly building a vision for my life. It’s not easy… I’m working shitty retail jobs atm to get by… But I’m trying to build a small business on the side and I think I’m slowly getting where I want to be. But yeah… There is a shit ton of obstacles and hardship… But I’m trying my best and I still feel so much better than I did a year ago, when I was still studying for this master degree.
There is hope for you. Whenever you have the courage to close a door, a new one will open. But yes, it takes a lot of courage and you will probably get a lot of shit from the people around you.
If you can bear it at all, try to finish your course. If it makes you so miserable you just wanna scream all the time and throw your PC out the window (I can relate), then quit. Fuck them and fuck it all lol. Try different things, or if you already know what to do, all the better. If it’s wildlife and nature, try your hardest to find a job opportunity on that field or maybe a study program or whatever there is where you live.
I wish you all the best and hope you find all the courage and strength you need to walk your own path, despite what other people and society tell you.
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Wow, besides not being in the US you and I share a huge similarity that I didn’t believe anyone would discuss: completing a heavy, useful major that you didn’t actually enjoy. I also went into a similar field (computer systems engineering) and by about halfway I wanted to leave it, but my dad felt it was best for me to stick with it to the end to use my degree for various types of computer / engineering work…
It turns out I also don’t want to do any of that coding or technical work and took up delivery, since I could be outside and enjoy adventures while doing simple but fun tasks. I’m also not going to spend any money going back to try for a different degree, so I guess I am stuck being a loser simpleton who effed my life up as well. Sadly I have nothing to contribute, but thanks for sharing your relatable story.
If you’re miserable, maybe it’s because you want to be miserable.
With even minimal amount of coding experience, you could pivot into something like cybersecurity so you can at least leverage your high level knowledge in software development. You’d be surprised at how many cybersecurity people don’t know how to code. There’s other options so don’t feel like you wasted any time… everyone’s path is different.
I went to college for computer graphics with a minor in motion capture, and also have an english degree. I worked in motion capture for a hot minute and decided I hated the industry. The english degree was mostly accidental. I had enough credits for it. Now I own my own IT consulting business and focus mostly in small business support, digital forensics, PI work, and am leaning more into penetration testing/risk assessment.
I volunteer with a dog rescue and find that satisficing. I’ve helped them with their technology needs, as well as helped with their dog placements by doing home checks, transportation, etc. And I keep adopting animals too lol
You are so close, so just finish your degree. Perhaps you could take a short break, if you think it will actually help you recover enough to get over the finish line. Most jobs don’t care *what* degree you have, but do care about you having *some* degree. Don’t burden yourself with all of the future challenges right now. Just focus on your degree and get it behind you, and then you can begin all of the new challenges of finding what you like and finding a job.
If you’re this miserable now, wait until you get in an office setting for 10 years…