The really interesting part is IMO this one:

  • Daemon Silverstein@thelemmy.club
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    Most of the systems I worked on, were legacy, badly-engineered systems. I worked for five years “maintaining” (or trying to maintain) a commerce platform made with pure PHP, an old version of PHP that couldn’t be really updated. The platform depended on an external API that’s constantly changing (as we speak): changes that couldn’t be reflected on this platform as it’d imply a complete rewrite of such system. No documentation, no worry about good practices, “just keep it” (while dealing with angry customers, as I was also responsible for internal support intricacies). Good thing I left, although I miss that money for… I dunno… surviving, as I have no prospect of being hired any time soon. I worked for 10+ years (cumulative experience) as an IT professional, but I’m sincerely thinking of abandoning my “career” for a simpler job. I love computers and I love math, but I hate being a cog inside a broken machine.

    • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      ive been in IT in some fashion for most of my adult life and I’ve often wanted to just abandon the whole field entirely but i have no other skills and as soul sucking as it is it still pays pretty decently compared to anything else i could possibly be considered for