These images aren’t relatable at all. What man sits on the porch of a log cabin in a suit surrounded by his pricey luggage without roller wheels on it.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 18 hours ago

Burned out it guys who finally signed their resignation papers

Keep up with the class, man

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

That's basically my life. When I'm not staring at the vistas and thinking oh so deep thoughts from my dingy anyhow.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Using a Gucci bag as a back rest in a small fishing boat. It's just... Huh.

[–] jade52@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago

Tech job burn out makes you do weird things.

[–] daddycool@lemmy.world 73 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

OMG you're right! I do look like Ryan Gosling.

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 6 points 18 hours ago

Wearing Gucci?

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

lirally me

[–] gjoel@programming.dev 3 points 15 hours ago

This too is how I look, dress and behave on the weekends.

[–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

Endless envy to you

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 27 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes I think I should have stayed in the trades. Then I remember having to tear hundreds of HVAC smoke dampers out of a new building and replace them with fire and smoke dampers because the boss decided he was just going to whatever instead of what the blueprints called for.

Then I'm good for a while.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 20 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

HVAC

I remember when I just graduated from college

STEM degrees.

Looking in the newspaper of my major US city.
All the ads were for HVAC techs. Nobody was looking for Comp Sci or Chem Engineering.
Almost switched to HVAC.

Glad I held out for an actual debugging software job

Pity young people today. Don't be programmers; there's no future in it.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Tbf, those types of jobs have a higher degree of turnover and thus need slots backfilled more frequently. Trades jobs can be pretty fuckin miserable, especially ones that are incredibly physically demanding as you age.

[–] EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I got laid off from my software job then took a physical labor job to make ends meet. I got promoted to management and used my software skills to automate most of my job. This is my recommended career path.

[–] echindod@programming.dev 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Software skills plus domain knowledge is a good combination, and I think it will remain viable in the future. But who the fuck knows?

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 0 points 7 hours ago

Software skills plus domain knowledge

Software skills --> Anyone will be able to vibecode a good-enough app within 2-3 years

Domain knowledge --> Top LLMs already have domain knowledge comparable to specialists in whichever field, and are getting less hallucinatory & more accurate every year.

Not being a doomer, no idea what policies make sense going forward, but this is what I observe

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago

It really used to piss me off when the older techs would make me crawl around in nasty crawlspaces while they stood around and smoked cigarettes.

I get not wanting to be there but I'm not not about to leave some poor kid who doesn't know what the hell he's doing fumbling around in the dark by himself for half the day.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 20 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

He's way overdressed for that.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Exactly, needs shorts and a beer in hand. And about 5 stains on the shirt.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Was about to comment this. lol

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

He got in during the nineties and his stock options vested. Now he spends his time restoring vintage Ferraris.

[–] SlykeThePhoxenix@programming.dev 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

LOL. Holy damn this meme is me to a tea.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What kind of tea? I hope it's a nice roasted oolong.

[–] SlykeThePhoxenix@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

With a bit of honey and a golf ball.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

I haven't seen Gosling on a boat since high school

[–] silver@das-eck.haus 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

he's just like me fr

[–] jade52@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago

You finally signed your resignation papers? I'm jealous.