Why I’m never gonna take a job as a developer again

Yeikiu
Yeikiu
Sep 8, 2018 · 2 min read

Don’t get me wrong, I love coding. Not just typing code lines but writing real solutions. I am still amazed by this power us developers have to turn ideas wrote on paper into real working programs.

Call it love at first sight, a simple “Hello world” was enough. I don’t remember many days of my live without at least playing around with some source files since. And now I’m done with doing it for the wrong people.

This might seem easy to say, but it’s not. Programming is probably my best (most trained) skill and the easiest way for me to pay the rent. Let’s face it, some jobs might be in risk or crisis, software development is not one of them. So why would a senior developer reject the ‘easy way’? Because is not that easy. My dream has become my nightmare. I remember 18 months ago when I was joining my last company full of energy and willing to prove myself helpful… Oh those days!

When you are good at something you love but you have exactly 0 freedom/control over how to do it… how long can you still love it?

That’s it, I’m quitting because I love what I do and I want to keep doing it for myself. It’s been a long time since I have the time and the energy to sit down and vomit some of the ideas which are all day spinning in my head onto the keyboard. Sometime it’s only a 30 lines prototype, doesn’t matter, still feels better than a 35 modules ignorant-boss-driven-development project.

So I’m going to find something else I can be good at, just to make sure I can use my quality free time to do my shitty projects. Wish me luck?

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