Just quit my career. Life is good

[Mr Jack]

Ha! The company I work for has a port of Space Ark on our platform. I've played that game to death!

It's one of the games I've worked on that I liked most. Turbulenz, per chance?

 

[AGD]

It's one of the games I've worked on that I liked most. Turbulenz, per chance?

Yep. We're gonna make that game HUGE*.


*no guarantees mind

 

[Mr Jack]

Yep.

You've got some seriously impressive tech going on there, but I remain baffled as to why it uses JavaScript.

We're gonna make that game HUGE.

Heh, I hope so I don't get royalties or anything but Strawdogs are good people.

 

[TheMeekon]

Good luck! I am 4 years in as an artist and already the industry is starting to grind on me. Also my pay is not as good as the coders

 

[Xelene]

I just find living things more interesting than computers I guess. It was the classic thing of turning a hobby into a career: I loved programming when it was something I did in my own time on my own terms, doing it 9-5 it's just kinda of a grind. It's not terrible - I'm good at it, it pays well, and it's not half as hard or horrible as some jobs would be - but I just don't find it satisfying so I decided something new was needed.

Good for you, i'm similar I guess - I love programming but couldn't do it as a job. It's something I like to keep as a fun hobby, fortunately I recognised that early and spend my time doing people stuff.

 

[anuraj]

Welcome to Leicester.

 

[Tribune]

Good luck to you. Takes some stones to jack a career in for something new.

 

[Tummy]

You might be being ironic there, but if not, I don't think I've ever heard someone from Leicester being snobbish about Coventry. They're both dives.

Yes. Yes I was.

 

[.Lethal]

Feels good man.

Last December I dropped 10 years of working in various office jobs for a career in engineering in the merchant navy. I'm currently sat in my cabin on a Pure Car Truck Carrying vessel in the port of Sagunto, Spain having travelled from Singapore, through the Suez to Piraeus, Greece and Livorno, Italy.

Nothing better than the feeling of "I'm out of this ****hole and I'm never coming back."

Wow thats a bit different and sounds really interesting. I gave up working crappy office jobs (general admin) to go to University to study Computer Science. Unfortunately I have the opinion of the OP - that it is something I believe I will be good at and will pay the bills, rather than something that is interesting.

I admit I have thought about Engineering at times but felt more comfortable with Computing..

 

[DarkShadow]

Awesome!

I was (well, am for the next few days) a contractor so I've worked for various people. I'm currently working for Sumo Digital.

Do you know Tom? Joined a few months ago?

 

[CircleFaust]

cool! did you need to do an access course or anything? how are you financing it?

 

[theNude]

Well done!

Life is too short to spend all your time unhappy at work, there is more to life.

I too quit my career and start college tomorrow!!

Hooray for us!

 

[Judgeneo]

Get out of Coventry


On a more serious note, good luck with your masters, do you have any plan on what you want to do afterwards?

 

[Yosiah]

Best of luck Gotta do what you enjoy in life!

 

[Mr Jack]

Do you know Tom? Joined a few months ago?

I don't think so. It's a big company and I mostly work from home so I don't really know who people are unless I work with them directly.

cool! did you need to do an access course or anything? how are you financing it?

I have a BSc in Life Sciences from the Open University that I finished last year which covers the entry requirements quite nicely. It's all self-financed, course fees are £4.5k, then it's "just" living costs.

On a more serious note, good luck with your masters, do you have any plan on what you want to do afterwards?

Hopefully I'll do a PhD and then follow a career in research.