Sure, to each their own. I quit two years ago and have probably spent a few weeks of that programming.
The place I left gave ICs a high degree of agency, and you run projects yourself, get the resources you need yourself. So the issue was never too much red tape or process. So now doing all that stuff just feels like work again. The programming is ok (just ok) but seriously building something involves all that project stuff. Coordination, setting timelines and milestones, design, testing and on and on.
I think it’s ok to acknowledge that there are other things in life besides programming and software projects, and to therefore move on. I love lots of things!
Sometimes the gum loses flavor. But there’s lots of flavors to try.
The place I left gave ICs a high degree of agency, and you run projects yourself, get the resources you need yourself. So the issue was never too much red tape or process. So now doing all that stuff just feels like work again. The programming is ok (just ok) but seriously building something involves all that project stuff. Coordination, setting timelines and milestones, design, testing and on and on.
I think it’s ok to acknowledge that there are other things in life besides programming and software projects, and to therefore move on. I love lots of things!
Sometimes the gum loses flavor. But there’s lots of flavors to try.