Ask HN: Anybody who left IT?
I worked in IT for around, 10 years as a sysadmin/devops/backend developer. Around 2010 i realized i was simply not happy at all with what i was doing. I hated it, and felt like i was constantly borderline burning out. I had grown fat and lazy. Nothing about my job brought me happiness regardless of where i worked.<p>So i decided to drop everything and go back to school to become an electrician. I loved it and i loved working with my hands, and compared to working in IT i loved it so much more. I loved the people i was working with, and we worked well. Mainly installing surveillance for SMB's.<p>However about a week before my apprenticeship ended i was installing a ceiling camera, and a perfectly fine ladder ended up collapsing and giving out. I landed in the worst possible way and severely damaged my spine and lower back.<p>End result even after a ton of physical therapy i couldn't do what was required of me as an electrician. So i ended up going back to IT to do devops. I am extremely fortunate that i had a second skillset to rely on or i am not sure how i would make ends meet.<p>However i still find working in IT, soul crushing and draining. I hope eventually i can go back into the trades and do something i want to do.