1. Sometimes it's worth it to do something that's not your favorite for a bit of income. If you have the tenacity to become good at coding despite not finding it thrilling, it is one of the more interesting, safer, and lucrative careers out there.
1.a. You don't have to be lucky to get a job coding. There is almost unlimited demand for solid people. Not brilliant people. Just being good and even reasonably likable is enough to get almost certain continuous employment.
2. "You have to find something else to do at 35." Give. Me. A. Break. Ageism is real, but it's not going to start hindering you this early.
3. Learn to run a server. What? This is why sysadmins are at the top of the software corporate food chain, right? And, don't get me wrong, I mean no offense to my talented sysadmin colleagues, but you'd have to be blind and deaf and insensate to belief they are "ruling the world" compared to software engineers in any meaningful sense of the phrase. Maybe they should be, but if we observe reality, software engineers are better compensated, work easier hours, and have a much easier time making their way into management.
Ageism is real, but it's not going to start hindering you this early.
Agreed; at least, where I am, if I were simply 10 years older (putting me over 35), I'd be making twice what I am now. Certainly not looking for a job.
1. Sometimes it's worth it to do something that's not your favorite for a bit of income. If you have the tenacity to become good at coding despite not finding it thrilling, it is one of the more interesting, safer, and lucrative careers out there.
1.a. You don't have to be lucky to get a job coding. There is almost unlimited demand for solid people. Not brilliant people. Just being good and even reasonably likable is enough to get almost certain continuous employment.
2. "You have to find something else to do at 35." Give. Me. A. Break. Ageism is real, but it's not going to start hindering you this early.
3. Learn to run a server. What? This is why sysadmins are at the top of the software corporate food chain, right? And, don't get me wrong, I mean no offense to my talented sysadmin colleagues, but you'd have to be blind and deaf and insensate to belief they are "ruling the world" compared to software engineers in any meaningful sense of the phrase. Maybe they should be, but if we observe reality, software engineers are better compensated, work easier hours, and have a much easier time making their way into management.