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I've had enough of programming for a living and I need to get out more! I've been doing it for too long and working too hard. It was really getting me down!
I'm going to grow trees instead!
I will still visit this site every so often and will probably get the urge to write some code in the future. But I'm staying away from anything longer than 10,000 lines of code.
See you all soon.
Andy
aka Davros
You're going to grow trees!?! How are you going to make a profit?
WOODen ya like to know!
hmm...Quote:
Originally posted by adrianxw
WOODen ya like to know!
you could program a virtual growing tree program. hmm...
Another one bites the dust.....
Thats some career change. Probably quite a salary drop too.
Still if thats what you want then good luck on your new venture.
I think it would be a waste. Be a good programmer,it's very hard to be............. but since u want to change urs career. We still wish u good luck. But in the future do keep on coming to this site and help the newbiez like me. Agreed,Davros!!!
Long life for this site!!!
hei,stoned coder.
do u mind if i ask u this? how much u get paid as a programmer? what kind of language u know currently?Just want to know...................................
I think Stoned_Coder knows C++.
Good luck, Davros.
We'll still be here if you change your mind :)
>Probably quite a salary drop too.
I don't have any plans on taking a salary drop. :)
Thanks everyone.
Being a soon-to-be CS major, i cant understand this move at all, and hopefully i never will man. Good luck.
This worries me, this is the second professional software developer I've seen that wants to drop out (fill your brain was the other).
I'm seriously wondering if I will even last myself...I'm already thinking of not taking computer science (if i don't get into DIT) but taking Math instead.
I'll last if the money is decent and i like who i am working with (or tolerate em at least).
i think after a while, some people just burn out, it's not bad, it's just there time to gracefully leave the biz...
its funny how the first thing that comes to everyones mind is money.
my advice (from what ive heard from people in the profession) is that if your in it for the money, get out now cause you wont last. if your in it because you like it, then the money is just a bonus!
good luck Davros!
im in it because i like it, but hello gotta pay the bills. If i cant pay my bills in my programming career i'll leave it, it cant always be about the love for the field.
>>I'm seriously wondering if I will even last myself...I'm already thinking of not taking computer science (if i don't get into DIT) but taking Math instead.<<
If I was in your situation, I think I would do maths. Maths is one of those timeless subjects that will get you a foot in the door of many different careers. This is a real bonus considering how markets and economies change over time.
That and Math is something I have trouble teaching myself. Computer Science and programming is...well...easier (for me and many people on these boards). Math comes to me, but there's just so much I don't know about, and I don't think I would be able to get very far without taking math as a major or taking a lot of math electives in col.
Step 1: Plant TreesQuote:
Originally posted by Yawgmoth
You're going to grow trees!?! How are you going to make a profit?
Step 2: ...
Step 3: Profit
I'm an english major who's just a hobbyist coder.
I was just in a bad mood that day. ;) Hey, if Davros drops out that's one more position open! Hell, I hope you ALL decide to stop programming. more chance for a salary increase for me!Quote:
Originally posted by Silvercord
This worries me, this is the second professional software developer I've seen that wants to drop out (fill your brain was the other).
Haha, that's the digipen logic. The more people drop out, the better chance the rest of the students have when they graduate :pQuote:
Originally posted by FillYourBrain
I was just in a bad mood that day. ;) Hey, if Davros drops out that's one more position open! Hell, I hope you ALL decide to stop programming. more chance for a salary increase for me!
scourfish, you had better watch out for those tree-knomes and stop drinking so much coffee.
i member a little while back there was a guy on the news he was in a tree and fell and a branch went a full foot up his butt.....i'll keep programming thanks.
Tell you what though, here in England and especially in London, people who are employed in the traditional trade professions are making a mint at the moment. The pendulum has swung so much towards everyone going to uni to become 'professionals' that there has hardly been anyone training to become plumbers, builders, tree surgeons etc etc. Good, reputable plumbers in particular, in London can earn hundreds of pounds a day.
My maple tree needs a cesarian section.Quote:
tree surgeons
You must be Mr. Originality then?Quote:
tree surgeons
My maple tree needs a cesarian section.
Well, I'm one of those 16 year old kids who program for the fun of it. My dad always says programmers and CS majors are in really low demand right now, so he wants me to be a doctor, or engineer (not software), pretty much anything non-computer related just because it would pay better. I always tell him, "No, I'm going to have a job that I like." Think I'll last long enough or should I look for a new hobby?
> Think I'll last long enough or should I look for a new hobby?
Go for it. By the time you actually get to the work force, the market'll be totally different. Or, you could do computer engineering, which is programming and engineering.
i agree, even by the time i get out of college(1 year) the market will be different and i wont have trouble finding a job....my dad said the same thing to me but there are too many people out there that own computers and computers arent going away so no matter what he says, programmers will always be in demand on some level.... .....and they'll still make more money out of school than a doctor, i only say that because medical school is way more expensive than a cs degree
I personally wanted to not limit myself to just software (I'm probably repeating myself by now but I'm so out of it i don't even give a care in the world a;lkjfkl;jdbvlj 27) that's why i want to take math on top of computer science or vice versa. Being an architect would be cool. Taking a computer engineering course and getting a masters in embedded systems from RIT and building robots would be cool. Doing drugs is cool. Hurting old women is cool. I'm straight as an arrow and I know where i'm heading in life.
EDIT:
OMG A DOLPHIN JUST FLEW PASSED MY WINDOW, NOW IM REALLY REALLY ........ED OFF AND I'M GOING TO GO KICK MY CAT AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRL LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEimlame
>>imlame
you're right about 1 thing. :D
I'll follow you dude, ha~ :DQuote:
Originally posted by Davros
I'm going to grow trees instead!
what kind of trees