dissensio

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

A couple of questions that may help you better understand your own potential;

  • Do you have any fun at work? And if so, is it due to the work or your colleagues?
  • Does your job keep you up at night? And if so, in a good or bad way (e.g. stressful)
  • Do you still have the feeling you could program as a hobby if you weren't stressed as balls?
  • Do you have any mentors/coaches/seniors that help you overcome times when you're stuck/don't know where to move?

Most engineers are in the bottom 80% btw, and a lot do valuable work (albeit slow, and not 'bugfree'). These people are generally most effective when supporting a senior that is in the top 10%.

Also the engineering market is currently pretty shit, and it's not looking to get better any time soon.

What ever choice you make, try to do something that 'energizes' you.