Have you ever wanted to leave programming?

Question

IT education

Did you have the feeling that you chose the wrong profession and programming is not for you?

Now I am 21 years old, I am a 4th year IT student, I found my first job in the summer, now I am working and studying at the same time. But sometimes, in the evenings after work, I get the feeling that I went into the wrong profession, although at the beginning of my first-year studies, there was a great desire. It seems that this is a very boring job and you will have to sit in front of a computer all your life, and that other professions are much more dynamic and interesting. In general, some kind of crisis or depression, I don’t understand myself (.

It’s too late to relearn, because I spent 4 years of my life on this.

Have you ever had this? How can you get out of this state ??

Answer 1

It happened relatively recently, although I did not study as a developer, but only worked. At the institute, I was preparing for freelancing as an artist, and broke off, although it would seem that there is no place for routine, everyone is so creative and inspired, not just development and engineering. In fact, routine, competition, and lack of education also put everything in its place in my case, everything remained as a hobby)
At work, everything depends heavily on the project, team and prospects, if two of the three components are bad, then work will quickly get bored.
You can try related areas, such as project management - you need to use your communication and organization skills more than purely technical ones. You can try completely different areas, but there you also need to understand that you need to compete for a good place, and there may be even fewer such places than development

Answer 2

No.
I still remember the first lesson in programming - 1988, autumn, the first year of the institute. They taught us Fortran, and in this wooden language I wrote the first programs. For RSX-11M :) And since then I have never regretted it.
At 21, it's not just not too late - it's just the right time. Just if it's not yours - imagine that you have to do this for the next forty years that way :)

Answer 3

It's too late to relearn, because I spent 4 years of my life on this.

It's a lie, it's never too late to relearn, you're only 21.
Imagine that if you don't relearn, then you will (optimistically) spend the remaining 40 years doing something that you don't like? You have only wasted 4 years, don't waste the remaining 40 years.

Have you had this? How can you get out of this state?

Probably everyone had, probably you just need to try something different, even in programming there are many directions, the conditional front-end is very different from data analysis, so you have room to maneuver within this area.

Answer 4

How can you get out of this state?

Change the employer (or even the field in IT).

Answer 5

Yes, but there is nowhere to go.

Answer 6

It was when I was doing unnecessary garbage instead of what I like.
Try changing projects/jobs/areas within IT and see if it's OK or not.
Maybe it's not about IT in general, but about specific work?
If you are sure that IT is definitely the case, drop this business and do what you like.

It's too late to relearn, because I spent 4 years of my life on this.

At 21, it’s never too late to retrain, it’s too late at 50+ (and I’m not sure even that). Now, on the contrary, it's time to look for what you like, so that later you don't waste your life for nothing :)

Answer 7

I'll go to the house manager (c)

Answer 8

Well, it happens, as for me, the reasons are quite logical. Most are known in comparison, if you have experience in programming, you always want something easier with less effort.

Answer 9

chose the wrong profession

Now I'm 21 years old

It's too late to relearn, because I spent 4 years of my life on this.

looks like hard trolling. perhaps even cruel.
however ... here it is too):

I've been making music for thirteen years, gave it all up

and beyond

I am 24 years old

If you think it's too late then what's the point? Just the fact that someone wanted to leave IT? Of course someone wanted to. Won actors from the cinema are leaving, why are IT people worse?
A sufficiently large number of people for the phrase "I'm 21 and it's too late" would love to play a mixfight with you.
If you are bored simply because you want to not only learn but also live, then study further. And if it is the sphere that causes disgust, then transfer.
It will be difficult to be a specialist in something that makes you sick, which means you either work through an acquaintance, or for a penny. Not the best prospect