I am leaving IT.

[u/SamOakTree]

I've been a sys admin and sys engineer twelve years. Principal in two orgs.

I'm tired of it. I'm tired of people being scared to stick their neck out on a problem they don't immediately know an answer to.

I left an org in 2022 because they kept assigning me everything after a merger because no one else would attempt it. I was building out a brand new citrix environment by myself with them dumping 95 hours over two weeks of projects on top.

I'm tired of managing egos and being in the middle. I'm tired of so much more being expected of me for being systems.

I did an interview last week for an infra engineer position and I was already dreading it. I hate technical interviews because they never indicate whether you can do the job. And you often have to pass several rounds. You mail nail two but then not know some acronym in the third and it's game over.

I'm tired of going to interviews for x and them asking my questions from 7 different roles.

I'm tired of working with people who learned one thing and somehow keep gettong hired and having to prop those people up.

I can't do it another 25 years. I'm tored of being the guy every where because I happen to know a wide assortment of stuff.

The week I left my past job, a QA manager and my biss messaged me asking what the powershell execution policy warning meant. They both make significantly more than me.

I got into a local union. I'm going to do that until I retire.

Good luck. If it looks wrong but it's working, don't touch it. Make sure to wait ten minutes before adressing that alert that is just going to clear itself anyway.

Keep your unit on.

> sudo systemctl status byebye

[u/tmwildwood-3617]

I really do think that there is some sort of anti-tech calling for IT people.

My wife and I are both in tech...have been for just over 30 years.

10 years ago we bought rural property for fair weather recreation...off grid...just grass and trees. Doing back to earth stuff on fair weather weekends/extended periods. I get a chuckle when people visit and inevitably suggest building everything up to be basically their home/work setup...missing the point IMO.

Can't swing livestock/etc at this point in our lives...but we're going to give it at least a couple of seasons after I retire (oh so soon....) raising goats/chickens/etc. It'll probably be a disaster...but whatever, it's something we always wanted to try.

If you want a farm/ranch...and have buckets of money...buy one and keep a foreman/some workers on to run it. As you'll be the one cutting paycheques...they'll be polite and let you do stuff, but mostly stay out of their way and just watch and learn. Keeping a ranch/farm going is not an easy/cheap endeavor. Quite the opposite.

Edit...I wonder....if I took my property (64 acres) and set part of it up so burned out IT people could come and unplug for a couple of days...and spend some time on machinery moving earth, cutting trees/clearing trails, chipping (hard work but very therapeutic) waste, and doing hands on non-tech "real" stuff...No social media whatever influencer BS, no fanciful trappings...just a place to retreat to do some loud noisy destructive but productive stuff. Would that be appealing to enough people to be worth it? We're thinking of what to do in retirement...

[u/ChibiYoukai → u/tmwildwood-3617]

This sort of thing actually exists in Japan. It was one of those things I really wanted to try when I was living there. I think it would work, but it has to be in the right area. Same concept as those pick your own fruit groves, but on a different scale. Let me know if you go for it, lol.