Ask HN: Should I quit software development?
3 by parataparata | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Not sure if it’s just me or whole field seem to have gone radical changes in last 5 years. I started as an IC data engineer and always had an ambition for management. I was data engineer when I had started and later moved to software engineer specializing in analytics role. I never wrote web app or apis if that matters. I had enough of being IC and fake competition I had to bear in my role until 2018. Then, I moved to the management role. It turns out it is very hard to operate when you have dysfunctional team. Senior member is too vocal and I can’t tell but sometimes it feels like he purposely creates distrust. He and senior management are close. Other team members just does not care about anything. So, it turns out neither I enjoy being an Ic and Leetcoding nor I enjoy people management role. I have been thinking what I like in software and it turns out only giving advise based on what I learn. I am in mid-30s. We haven’t bought house and don’t have kids. If I quit software, I don’t know what I will do. Any suggestions around whether it is right thing or around how to cope in management role?