I Quit The Tech Industry After 6 Months

The TikTok tech girlies aren’t telling you everything and what they’re leaving out… it’s the stuff that will break you.

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TikTok is abuzz with “breaking into tech” and salaries that are absolutely mindboggling for non-technical positions in the field. The hashtags #workintech and #workingintech have a combined over 70 million views and counting.

But, those videos aren’t telling the whole story. Some of them are even HR recruiters themselves.

As I saw these videos gain more and more traction, the ones that explained the cons of the industry got fewer views and more negative comments.

So, I’m telling my story.

I made it six months in tech before I quit. I felt completely broken by the end of it.

My health was completely shot in every way, emotional, mental, and even physical.

I started working for a reputable cybersecurity tech firm. I had some decent knowledge in the field due to working with a research team in my graduate degree.

I was in a marketing position, not a technical role.

In the interview process, I was told that the team was established and full of “Rockstars” (which should have been my first clue). I asked questions focusing on work-life balance since that was my…