I quit the tech industry, but don't know what to do next

Re:I quit the tech industry, but don't know what to do next by mathgladiator on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:39AM (#34090214)

Hey, I quit Meta last year. I share your judgements, but the key that I have found is that tech is a tool. It's the only sane way to view this field. Like a machete, is can be used for good or evil.

I've written down a more concrete philosophy here: https://www.adama-platform.com/2022/12/17/life-past-40.html

My advice is meet people around and about, and find people you like. You'll see how technology helps them or inhibits them. You may decide to change careers, or you will see the bargain that we have struck with the tech devil.

One thing that I'm dealing with is that I can't stand the fad aspect of this field, so I'm using time to build a new vertical platform that I'll enjoy building and using. Next year, I hope to ship a game as I want to make board games. The "ruthless pragmatism of big tech" is just lame and makes the work suck.

I view coding as a craft that I am lucky to do, but I don't feel like working for another company for a while.

My core advice is to figure out who you want to help.

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Re:I quit the tech industry, but don't know what to do next by Beaver117 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:58AM (#34090631)

Great writeup. Truly it is difficult to avoid Nihilism and cynicism. You've put a lot of work into Adama, do you feel it has gotten proper use by others? I'll try to figure out what to build and who I want to help.

Also you mentioned shrooms, they've gotten a lot of attention recently so I've also tried. One of the best experiences of my life for sure, but I can't say it gave me any deep, lasting revelations.

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Re:I quit the tech industry, but don't know what to do next by mathgladiator on Thursday December 22, 2022 @02:53AM (#34090919)

> You've put a lot of work into Adama, do you feel it has gotten proper use by others?

Thanks.

No, but I'm also not marketing well. My strategy is to ship a single game end to end on web, maybe android, and I'm looking into https://lastgameboard.com/ ; the goal is to prove that I'm not full of shit. First, to myself. However, things are coming along nicely and I'm happy with where things are at.

> One of the best experiences of my life for sure, but I can't say it gave me any deep, lasting revelations.

Did you take a heroic dose? The deep revelation comes from ego death and looking in the mirror. I also thought I was going to die as I had too much sugar and the shrooms made me gassy. I felt very deeply that if I vomited, then I would have a heart attack and die.

I was hanging onto the faucet in my bathroom for dear life, and I saw the burning bush at the bottom of the sink. It was a crazy night.

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Re:I quit the tech industry, but don't know what to do next by Beaver117 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @08:50PM (#34101431)

>Did you take a heroic dose? The deep revelation comes from ego death and looking in the mirror.

No the most I took was 4g. It was really intense but I felt it lasted too long for comfort, so the next couple times I used a lower dose, was very enjoyable. I'm told higher doses will last even longer as well as being more intense so I've been somewhat cautious.

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