I have two options now. Working in a simple not well paid job i am trained in or continue working in IT. I would leave coding and switching to Helpdesk in IT since I burned out as a programmer. I believe the tech industry propaganda brought me to programming so I left the simple job I’m thinking going back to again.
To quote the great philosopher Homer Simpson: “Money can be used to buy goods and services”
So depends what kind of simple you want. Money does solve many problems.
It’s not worth it if you can’t enjoy the extra pay. Put health first, career second.
Do you feel like you were passionate about programming? The great thing about programming is that you an always work on free time hobby projects for a very low cost. And I feel like programming is a job where you can jump back in whenever if you have a repository to show for it.
I’d personally say you don’t need to worry about losing the career if you want to hop onto a simpler job for awhile to work on yourself!
I had left my current job to get a job with more possibility and pay but ultimately ended up coming back after they matched my pay, mostly because I like my coworkers here that have a more similar humor to me, and also because the company is bigger so Im more anonymous in a way. but the biggest reason was I accumulate more vacation hours after being here longer and I dont have any set schedule so I like to come in early to be able to get home early and enjoy my time out of work
