>>34655375
Yes. There's no such thing as "learning software dev". You either become a dedicated engineer and build shit for people for money, or you start a business and build the tools you need for it. This is not compatible with nursing, even though nursing is just blue collar grunt work without decision making, the physical exertion (including mental fatigue over lack of sleep) won't leave you room for solving minucious problems in development.

In development, you have to think minuciously to solve individually irrelevant steps, and that lack of sense of progress can be daunting. Shit like AI also is phasing out most simpler applications, so the job is always on specialized use cases. Learning a language, and a library within it is to memorize a vast toolbox, so in every case, you have to specialize quickly.

The only complementary skill related to development that can be generally used by other skillsets is entry level webdev, that is "Learning to present information using HTML, CSS and maybe JS".

>>34655399
I acknowledge that my background as a dev will have minimal carryover to a nursing career, and that nursing is essentially meticulous blue collar work. I think you may have misread my post.

>>34655375
A lot of missing context here. Are you currently unemployed? Have you ever been employed as a software dev?

The traditional role for software dev seems to be dwindling in demand for sure. I say that as an unemployed dev since early this year. I haven't started looking for another job yet but the prospects seem very grim.

Yet somehow I think there's still demand for technologists with expertise and skillsets which developers have. I'll figure that out when I want to face the job market again in a few months, see how I have to adapt and what I have to learn to stand out.

>>34655462
I have been employed as a software dev since graduating seven years ago, and I've found that I detest the job. I'm certainly capable in it, never had anything but good performance reviews, but I've found I'm unable to leave it at the door. When I'm stuck on something it lives in my head rent free, and it's unofficially encouraged in my org to work off the books at home. I feel as a nurse I could actually help people instead of fucking about with HR apps.

>>34655576
I'd say talk to a few nurses if you haven't before making that decision.

Whats with the sudden career change? It can't be the money.

>>34655602
I intend to. I know a few and have heard the horror stories, but I intend to go more in depth.
>>34655614
The primary driver is that I think I'd find more fulfillment with my life helping people rather than idling away in corpo software dev. I've always liked to help people, and the times I've felt satisfied about myself were those few times my first aid training came in handy during a crisis.

As someone who works in tech, if you have the ability to change fields to something that is more personally fulfilling, I say go for it. Most days it feels like my job only enables me to continue existing so that I can do my job. I get no satisfaction or pride from it in any capacity. I'm not in anything dev related, but I'm sure it's the same feeling.

>>34655637
Thanks Anon. I feel the same way about my job.

>>34655375
>I'm considering leaving software dev, and going back to university for nursing as a mature student. Do you all think I'm an idiot for this?
Isn't this the fourth thread this week? Dude... If you have a job, don't do anything stupid you might regret it. All these people telling you to follow your dream, don't actually follow their dreams, hell, many of them don't even have a job and are NEETs.

>>34655863
On the contrary I don't think I've ever posted a thread on adv before. But fair points. Still, I need to weigh what I might regret against a path never travelled.

>>34655375
>nursing
go paramedic instead, lot more fun; but you're gonna see some heinous things.
even better combo that up with firefighter

>>34655375
You can work in some technical healthcare thing and earn shitloads of money. You'll help people without cleaning pus and feces.
You have to be really sure nursing is what you want.

>>34655877
Health conditions would prevent me from working as a firefighter unfortunately.
>>34655882
If I make the jump, I'll be sure. Just know that you saying so, even though I've heard it a few times already, will make me scrutinize it all the harder. Thanks Anon.

>>34655375
It'll probably give you an extra decade or so of career.
I'm busy at work co-coordinating AI agents into end to end service production. I describe it this way because the agents are designing the process for other agents to follow, agents are doing all of the work, no humans involved except qa.

>>34655375
for wanting to quit tech, no
for wanting to quit tech for nursing, yes

>>34655576
I unfortunately don't have any advice for you but I'm a software dev of 10 years and I feel pretty much exactly the same about everywhere I've ever worked. Also the industry is worse than ever before right now, it feels like it's been hijacked by investors and businessfags/productfags who only care about appeasing them and inflating stock values rather than building a good product that actually solves problems and that people actually want to use. Good luck, I'm probably jumping ship in the next couple years as well, I just don't know what to jump to yet.

>>34655576
Refer me to your job, do they hire contractors? lol

>>34656076
That's fair. Godspeed Anon. With luck we'll make it through.

>>34655375
Nah, probably a good fucking idea.
Too many old fuckers need to be cared for, and not enough people to do it.
Get some experience then move up to management.