| age | criteria | result | evaluation |
|---|---|---|---|
|
14 15 16 17 18 |
I want to work with computers! (and get a computer of my own!) | 🌟 computer repair tech | |
| 19 | This time I want to do more software than hardware. | 🌟 online news, graphics and tech | |
|
20 21 |
That was fun but I want to make software, using Linux. | 🌟 big media, java programmer | |
|
22 22 23 24 25 26 27 |
(Actually, hang on, I should go get a degree.) | 🎓 bachelor’s, comp sci | |
|
28 29 30 |
Okay, same as before but no Java this time please. | 🌟 marketing, python programmer | |
|
31 32 |
I like Python on Linux a lot but I want to do open source. | 🌟 big media, programmer |
Ahem. I meant, I want to contribute to open source. Not just
use it to build more proprietary stuff. Maybe I can do that by switching to the dev/ops team? Since that’s not the jealously-guarded “secret sauce.” |
|
33 34 35 |
Contribute to open source. | 🌟 big media, ops | |
| 36 | Okay, for real this time: I insist that my work contribute directly to a real open source project. | 🌟 networking giant, programmer | |
| 37 |
… Uh. I got what I wanted and it wasn’t at all what I had hoped it would be. So what have I been working toward all this time? Sigh, maybe I’ll go back to dev/ops for now? |
🌟 analytics, ops |
I know programmer-philosophers want “Dev/Ops” to be an organizational
culture shift, but in practice it seems to mean only: “do ops in the
cloud.” I don’t belong here. But there’s something else wrong too. My boss finds more fault with my work than I’ve ever encountered before. I get in trouble for weird stuff, like exporting my calendar’s free/busy schedule. Talking to HR is viewed as breaking rank. My boss’s bosses, I suspect, want to get rid of me. This sucks. |
| 38 |
So, scrap my career goals for the past 14 years; Now I just want to
make something good. Good for humans, not billionaires. It doesn’t even need to be computer related. (But it kinda does because that’s where my skills are.) |
🌧 unemployed | But lol that shit doesn’t exist. I have no idea what to do about this. I guess I’ll be unemployed while I try to figure things out. Nonprofits? Start a company? Consulting? idfk |
|
39 40 41 42 |
🌟 restaurant!? …programmer? | I love my job! Wait, what? |
Wow, there goes a cool 28 years of my life.