Why 80% of developers are sad, broken and burnout to the core?

There are many things most people don’t know about working in the tech industry.

For example, did you know most developers suffer from…

Unrealistic deadlines
Poor salaries
The complexity of the craft
Poor management
For most people in the industry, this is the daily reality.

But for those who have watched “A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer” on YouTube or Twitter, some of these issues might come as a shock.

For example, here’s the weirdest thing most people don’t know about:

Like many truly passionate developers from different backgrounds, I decided to become a developer to reinvent myself, solve problems, build solutions that could help people, learn new things, and, of course, make video games someday. For a time, this was true — you could see back in the 2000s how you only needed to know some basic stuff like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to “get a job in only three months!”

That was the promise that was sold to many of us. Things like “it’s so easy to code,” “get a job in six months or less,” and “earn a lot of money with just a few languages.” However, with time, this career became more and more popular, and more frameworks, tools, engines, libraries, and terms (like the famous FULL-STACK DEVELOPER) were invented.

The speed required to learn new things became unrealistic, with an endless cycle of birth and death of new technologies in the span of a few months.

There was also the idea that we could easily get paid a lot of money quickly — which was a lie that almost everyone ignored. This career is extremely demanding, and it is true that you can get paid a lot of money, but only after many years. Sadly, the idea that programming was very easy created a generation of managers and bosses who started to treat their employees poorly, asking them to do their jobs better, faster, and without paying for extra hours.

Now the same is happening with A.I., with an endless supply of juniors and lower salaries. This industry is dying, and from the ashes, new developers will raise a new and very different industry.

I still have hope that we can transform this industry, hope that we can win.

What about you?

Comments

[Aliyu Murtala]

This is soo realistic my brother.

[Robin]

For example, here’s the weirdest thing most people don’t know about:

I grew up surrounded by people who told my mother I would never be able to speak, walk, or go to school…

That sounds really sad, but what does that have to do with the topic?

There are many reasons for this, such as:
High work pressure and overtime, lack of work-life balance, unclear requirements and constant change, lack of recognition, monotonous tasks, lack of promotion opportunities, isolation and lack of social interaction, ...

I'm sorry, but your post makes it sound like you chose the job to make a quick buck, and that's not happening because you haven't been properly trained for it 🤷

[Soulis]

Yeah. I'm trying to improve my writing skills.

I like my job but I think the industry right now is suffering from these problems.

And it "looks like I choose this career to make quick money"? NO.

I literally said:

"Like many truly passionate developers from different backgrounds, I decided to become a developer to reinvent myself, solve problems, build solutions that could help people, learn new things, and, of course, make video games someday."