Sep-07-2017, 05:50 AM
I chose a degree in programming solely bc its the only thing my local community college offered that was of any interest to me. Besides, I've played games my whole life, so I figured that it would be good for me to go into making them. I do have quite a bit of experience with them after all. But as I've been taking classes, I've been thinking that I shouldn't be doing this. A few weeks ago I decided that I wouldn't bother to pursue a bachelor's degree (which would be required if I did go into game production), and now I'm thinking that I won't even bother to try and find a job when I do get my degree.
Of course, my instructor keeps talking about what the industry is actually like. Well if you're a programmer, you don't get to choose what you do. You're a slave and you do exactly what you're told and that's that. The people who work under won't know shit about programming, even if you do go into game production. Yeah, game developers typically don't know the first thing about code themselves. And if they ask you to do something that is honest to god impossible, too bad, you're fired. You're not going to have a stable job, you're going to be overworked, and you're going to be mistreated by everyone. And of course no matter what I do, I'm just going to end up wearing a fucking suit in an office.
Also, I was required to take a class at the start of my first semester (well, the first one for my current degree, I was going for another degree two years ago, and I also took classes years before that). In that class they had us do some kind of career assessment thing. Mine told me essentially that programming is completely contrary to who I am. And really, it is.
If anyone cares, I was planning on becoming a novel writer. Well, I ended up in a terrible situation that I only recently got out of. And now the entire market has caved in, thanks to self-publishing. If you publish anything, you won't make a penny off of it, and you won't even get noticed. The only way you'll ever maker a single cent off of writing is if your book is turned into a movie, and with the literally billions of novels that have been published in just the past few years, the chances of you getting even notice for that to happen are none. Yeah, you could never live off of it. But it was a nice supplement to your income. Now, its just a waste of time. You'll just be spending hours a day daydreaming when you could be doing something that will actually get food on your plate, and even when you do publish the damned thing no one's going to read it anyway.
And of course programming is pretty much the only job still available, thanks to worthless disgusting programmers who are hell-bent on destroying every job a human could possibly have. Even when I do finish my degree, I may not be able to find work anyway with how many people are going into it.
I don't know what to do with my life. All I know is I'm currently on completely the wrong track. Of all the things I want to do in life, the last thing I need is to be a wage slave to some psychopath in a fucking office wearing a fucking suit.
Yeah, I'm upset. Sue me. And I don't have anyone I could talk to about this. I mean, who could you talk to about your career? Besides, I've already changed majors once, I'll completely destroy my chances of getting a job if I change it again, assuming that doing so doesn't cause me to lose my financial aid, which is the sole reason i can even afford college in the first place.
Of course, my instructor keeps talking about what the industry is actually like. Well if you're a programmer, you don't get to choose what you do. You're a slave and you do exactly what you're told and that's that. The people who work under won't know shit about programming, even if you do go into game production. Yeah, game developers typically don't know the first thing about code themselves. And if they ask you to do something that is honest to god impossible, too bad, you're fired. You're not going to have a stable job, you're going to be overworked, and you're going to be mistreated by everyone. And of course no matter what I do, I'm just going to end up wearing a fucking suit in an office.
Also, I was required to take a class at the start of my first semester (well, the first one for my current degree, I was going for another degree two years ago, and I also took classes years before that). In that class they had us do some kind of career assessment thing. Mine told me essentially that programming is completely contrary to who I am. And really, it is.
If anyone cares, I was planning on becoming a novel writer. Well, I ended up in a terrible situation that I only recently got out of. And now the entire market has caved in, thanks to self-publishing. If you publish anything, you won't make a penny off of it, and you won't even get noticed. The only way you'll ever maker a single cent off of writing is if your book is turned into a movie, and with the literally billions of novels that have been published in just the past few years, the chances of you getting even notice for that to happen are none. Yeah, you could never live off of it. But it was a nice supplement to your income. Now, its just a waste of time. You'll just be spending hours a day daydreaming when you could be doing something that will actually get food on your plate, and even when you do publish the damned thing no one's going to read it anyway.
And of course programming is pretty much the only job still available, thanks to worthless disgusting programmers who are hell-bent on destroying every job a human could possibly have. Even when I do finish my degree, I may not be able to find work anyway with how many people are going into it.
I don't know what to do with my life. All I know is I'm currently on completely the wrong track. Of all the things I want to do in life, the last thing I need is to be a wage slave to some psychopath in a fucking office wearing a fucking suit.
Yeah, I'm upset. Sue me. And I don't have anyone I could talk to about this. I mean, who could you talk to about your career? Besides, I've already changed majors once, I'll completely destroy my chances of getting a job if I change it again, assuming that doing so doesn't cause me to lose my financial aid, which is the sole reason i can even afford college in the first place.
