I partly agree... There are plenty of service oriented jobs where you interact with a lot of people that are at least a little better than working at McDonald&#x27;s (which I did three times when I was young).  I&#x27;ve also worked in HelpDesk, Call Center Support, general IT, etc.  I know people that have worked as Servers, Cashiers and a lot of similar roles.<p>There&#x27;s nothing wrong with it, though if you&#x27;re well into your twenties without a plan to do better, and are unhappy where you are... should probably start re-thinking or adjust your attitude.<p>Having done the job, there are times where I do empathize, and times that I don&#x27;t.  It&#x27;s all relative.<p>One of the reasons I like software development so much, is you gain so much variety in terms of domain knowledge that one wouldn&#x27;t ever get otherwise.  On the flip side, I don&#x27;t think I could handle conversations with over a dozen people a day, on a regular basis, ever again.