Developers who quit the industry. Why? And what do you do now?

Re:Developers who quit the industry. Why? And what do you do... by Beaver117 on Monday August 22, 2022 @04:38PM (#32556886)

I got extremely burnt out at a FAANG. Then looked at my life and realized I've been missing a lot of things. No wife or kids, overweight, not many friends, only thinking about work. When I finished work I was usually too tired ti do anything. So I quit. I have enough saved up to semi-retire but without a family it'll just be a long boring vacation.

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Re:Developers who quit the industry. Why? And what do you do... by knikes on Monday August 22, 2022 @11:01PM (#32560055)

I'm in a similar position and I'm thinking of doing something similar in the coming years. But the one that is really killing my plans is health care. If you don't mind me asking, what did you do about health insurance? Or do you just have enough saved up that its not an issue?

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Re:Developers who quit the industry. Why? And what do you do... by Beaver117 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @05:36AM (#32562421)

Haven't figured it out yet. I'm covered for this year. But long term I might have to go back to work, maybe not even in tech but just something easy to get the health insurance. It doesn't seem too expensive to pay out of pocket, I can probably do that too. The nuclear option is moving to Europe or Canada but you'd have to be able to get citizenship.

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Re:Developers who quit the industry. Why? And what do you do... by knikes on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @08:49AM (#32578738)

Dang, yea this very similar to my line of thinking when it comes to healthcare. Thanks for the response.

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