I’ve had the same thoughts lately, I think AI has made software lose its “magic” for me.
That and the stress of delivery.
Here’s what I did: I switched from 5 day weeks to 4 day 32 hour weeks. That has helped immensely. So you could consider that, or even a partial career break.
If you do want to quit cold turkey, heres some roles you could transition into in the same ballpark:
- DevOps
- Tester
- Firmware/embedded Engineer
- Technical Writer
- Data Engineer
- Data Scientist
- Statistician
- Business Analyst
- CAD architect
- Startup founder (easier than you think to start a startup and get funding)
Things I’ve considered that play well with a software mindset but require re-skilling
- Electrical Engineer
- Electrician
- Carpenter
- Gardener
- Farmer
- Welder
- Barista
What reasons have you found that make you want to stop being a Software Engineer?
Here’s what I did: I switched from 5 day weeks to 4 day 32 hour weeks. That has helped immensely. So you could consider that, or even a partial career break.
If you do want to quit cold turkey, heres some roles you could transition into in the same ballpark:
- DevOps
- Tester
- Firmware/embedded Engineer
- Technical Writer
- Data Engineer
- Data Scientist
- Statistician
- Business Analyst
- CAD architect
- Startup founder (easier than you think to start a startup and get funding)
Things I’ve considered that play well with a software mindset but require re-skilling
- Electrical Engineer
- Electrician
- Carpenter
- Gardener
- Farmer
- Welder
- Barista
What reasons have you found that make you want to stop being a Software Engineer?