Hacker News with Generative AI: Career Change

I quit Google to work for myself (2018) (mtlynch.io)
For the past four years, I’ve worked as a software developer at Google. On February 1st, I quit.

Software, Career Change, Google

381 points by alexzeitler 13 days ago | 232 comments

The lengthy story of how I left the Tech industry and started washing miso jars (write.as)
Workers these days are quitting the Tech industry in droves. They are quitting their programmer or sysadmin job, or maybe just the startup world and its craziness. Some are quitting because of market conditions. Others because they are exhausted. Many more feel disillusioned by the empty promises of the Tech oligarchs, blasting their propaganda on Twitter and LinkedIn. Each one of us has different motivations and each story is different, so I wanted to add mine to the pile.

Tech Industry, Career Change, Personal Stories, Work Culture

20 points by chobeat 43 days ago | 25 comments

Ask HN: Had enough – a need for a new beginning (ycombinator.com)
I'm in my late forties and have wasted over 20 years of my life developing services and solutions in the advertising and web industry that enable companies to sell as much as possible.

Career Change, Self-Reflection, Burnout, Advertising

21 points by woolamanderguy 52 days ago | 38 comments

Ask HN: Ever hit a professional goal but felt surprised by your reaction? (ycombinator.com)
Like a lot of us, I think about trying to work for myself, but then I wonder if I'd be happier running marketing AND software dev? Sometimes I think I'd rather be an in-person worker rather than a remote one. I'm interested in hearing some stories of people making big changes and being surprised in both negative and / or positive directions.

Entrepreneurship, Remote Work, Career Change, Self-Employment, Work-Life Balance

25 points by calflegal 58 days ago | 33 comments

Essential mindset shifts for starting/moving from Big Tech to an early startup (withluna.ai)
When I joined Google from Rocket Internet, I had underestimated the change in mindset and environment.

Startups, Big Tech, Mindset, Career Change, Work Environment

15 points by pauldebahy 71 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: How was your experience moving from fulltime job to being self employed (ycombinator.com)

Self-Employment, Career Change, Work-Life Balance

12 points by mraza007 77 days ago | 11 comments

Ask HN: Programmers Who Want to Get Better at Math (ycombinator.com)
I have some questions for programmers and software engineers who feel they're not good enough at math and want to improve, particularly with the goal of applying math to their current or future jobs, or who consider a career change.

Programming, Math, Career Change, Software Engineering

15 points by rossant 78 days ago | 6 comments

Ask HN: I don't want to be a Software Engineer any more. What else could I do? (ycombinator.com)

Career Change, Software Engineering, Technology, Advice

35 points by trwhite 78 days ago | 46 comments

Ask HN: How do Indie makers and solopreneurs get back into 9 to 5 again? (ycombinator.com)

Jobs, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Remote Work

15 points by sarvpriy 80 days ago | 8 comments

After 12 years at Google, I have decided it is time to move on (linkedin.com)

Google, Employment, Career Change

99 points by synthetictask 85 days ago | 59 comments

A network engineer in search of greener pastures (cropp.blog)