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I sense my IT career is over

Me too. Honestly, even if it never deflates I think long term I’m out.

Is there anything we can do with these skills other than enrich billionaire tech bro assholes? I tried very briefly tonight to look for nonprofits that are looking for software people and saw nothing but search engine mismatches.

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architect@thelemmy.club ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Help bring back the free and open internet before it’s completely lost.

Forget having a high salary, most of us will never have that at all or again after what they do to us.

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voronaam@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
A former colleague of mine started a farm 5 years ago. He wrote a few apps to help him with the process and even launched one to help reach customers directly.

I do not use iOS devices and could not take a look, but if you are curious, here is the app page: apps.apple.com/ca/app/arivon/id6742965675

And here is his LinkedIn page: linkedin.com/…/karunanithi-ranganadhan-65a60028/

More than a decade of programming. Few years of farming. I am wishing him success - as I might be asking for a framing job from him if this trend continues…

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Create a Open Source project for something that bothers you personally and apply for one of the Open Collective, Nlnet, Prototype Fund, Techcultivation, …

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shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
All I got is to start a small business consulting, fixing and installing for small business. Did that on the side 12-years ago and it was amazing how fast business owners jumped when offered services for a reasonable price.

We could go on-call for a monthly fee. $200/mo. per customer stacks quickly. But you have to get a feel for your customers, set expectations and fire the skinflints. If you don’t have people skills, this is a non-starter. I got people skills, no business skills.

Been there, done that, know myself, not motivated enough. Give me a time and place to be, give me work, give me a paycheck and benefits, I’ll knock it out the park. But if I gotta get out of bed and knock doors, again, I got the people skills, but I can’t self motivate.

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ronigami@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yes, the market right now is bent toward large existing players. There is room for competition for Lyft and Uber for example. If you can find workarounds for regulatory obstacles.

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