Ask HN: I am “trapped” in a senior engineering role, how can I escape?
This is my first time speaking on this subject so I hope I am able to convey my position with reasonable coherence. I learned to build websites around 2011 when I was in my mid 20's. I had been working as a cleaner for some time and had come to realise I needed to escape that particular poverty trap. My father and grandfather were also cleaners for the majority of their working lives and often expressed regret before they passed. After some months self-learning I had amassed the courage to start applying for internships and junior jobs. No luck initially, though eventually I was able to begin a data entry job on a 12 month contract. I was finally able to sit at a desk and have a work assigned email address! Half-way into my contract I organised a dozen or so meetups at Google Campus. There I met people who gave me the inspiration to continue applying for jobs. I was a fish out of wa
Why it failed
This is my first time speaking on this subject so I hope I am able to convey my position with reasonable coherence. I learned to build websites around 2011 when I was in my mid 20's. I had been working as a cleaner for some time and had come to realise I needed to escape tha
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- throwaway16011
- Ended
- 2020
- Source
- hackernews