 What's up developers and problem solvers ride chicken anyone to bring you guys another video today I'm gonna tell you guys a little story the story when I quit development. Yes, that's right There was a time where I actually quit doing software development to start really focusing on a business side digital marketing And really trying to get away from the cold. I was frustrated at the time I was just sick and tired of cold and I want to tell you guys this story because it's a journey for everybody And I wanted to kind of tell you guys the lows of my life So that it'll motivate you guys because some of you guys are there now You're trying to figure out if you want a cold or not and this is gonna help you make that decision going forward So guys My name is Rod Robinson if you didn't know me. I actually graduated from college with a business information systems agree I started off in computer science, but I wanted to do more of the business Technology side I always had that business side of me that I wanted to pursue and it always was a Balance between technology and business technology and business I managed to do pretty good over the years and actually make a living doing mostly technology stuff But about probably three or four years ago I just really wanted to pursue the business side and I wanted to scale and make money That was part of the main reason I went through there I'm gonna kind of cover some stuff with you guys today to possibly kind of let you guys know Hey, it's okay when you reach these points where you just don't want a cold You want to quit and I'm gonna tell you how to handle those again guys This video is brought to you by my development guide by the way I'm gonna put a plug in here if you guys are trying to figure out how to take your Development career to the next level. I have a seven-step guide below links are in description So go ahead and get that and it's free by the way. So that being said guys Why did I quit software development? First of all, first of all, I just burnt out guys I was just tired of coding the boss I had at the time didn't really focus on Problem-solving it was more about just putting cold out putting cold out putting cold out putting cold out Which is was okay at first. It was exciting But once you start getting routine doing the same exact thing without solving a problem Start to get real old real fast guys and I was just tired of it just to be honest with you guys And that kind of led to me going towards the business side to really focus on having impact on the company Actually solving some people problems and not just write a program that nobody uses That's just so frustrating even though you're finding enjoyment writing the code sometimes and creating a product It really takes your motivation to the next level when you know that what you wrote is actually helping the company set Making the company money making people more productive and you can sit back and kind of like an engineer have a bridge or To work on infrastructure for the civil engineers It's kind of the same thing with your code where you can kind of sit back and say hey My code really made a difference. You know, I can say yeah That used to be a manual process now nobody do it because of my code That's a sense of pride guys And I think that's a lot of the motivation that I get and that was just kind of script away overnight Once we just start pushing cold out. So at the end of the day guys, you have to find purpose in what you want to do I didn't say passion. I say purpose and that's one of the things for me I'm passionate about the end result of something just to see man my Code really helped somebody on this particular project. That's a That's what makes me feel good at the end of the day It took me a while to find that out because initially just like all the rest of us We think the actual coding process actually Fulfills us which it does you get into the code But once it becomes repetitive you focus on those milestones where you want to be, you know This project I'm gonna do this and make this impact in each project and make more and more impact for an organization That's why I prefer smaller mid-sized company guys it gives you that end-to-end project of Being able to see a project go from nothing to something and impacting a group of people and really taking things to the next level for them guys so So I talked about the routine code I talked about just getting burnt out and at the end of the day guys And this is this is more just me just frustrated At the time, but I just got so tired of new frameworks coming out and my boss He just wanted to do new framework out new framework out new framework. We're okay I am okay with the new framework if it's helping solving a problem If you're just doing something just to do it just to explore technology Just to explore it and put it into something that don't necessarily be there just because it's available I'm not a fan of that at all because it's just add complexity guys. It's just over Complicating code that just it just blew my mind just burned at me just grinding my gears every day every day So I decided hey, you know, there's this development stuff is not for me. Let me go somewhere in technology I didn't go to the straight to the business side. I focused on automation side. I got into infrastructure a little bit Administration side the operation side and eventually you kind of come full circle guys this technology thing It's gonna be around for a while You're gonna jump around the IT department if you have that flexibility at your job just embrace it Really come down to solving the problem. No one what your niche is by the way, you know It's very important to know what your niche is you don't just jump around just be jumping around at the beginning Yes, when you try to find what your niche is, but you should be gradually moving towards that niche even though you jumping around just imagine a Bullseye right here and you're jumping around trying to find out what that perfect niche is and eventually you'll Kind of hone in on what your niche is what you good at what's in demand and what your skills set really? Complement so that's what I recommend you guys so take away First of all if you're feeling burned out, it's okay. It's normal It's probably something if you enjoyed it at first now you burned out and getting routine Try to work on bigger impact projects. You probably not seeing the end results of your project You're probably going through this wheel. It's not a ad job development. It's more just a It's more it's waterfall where you just writing code. You're not seeing the end result and Unfortunately for a larger company, that's the nature of the beast I don't have a lot of feet back there instead of just doing side projects or smaller projects to get those winds and be able To see impact But mid-sized companies and either smaller companies Maybe you can see the end and end for a smaller company, but it don't impact nobody But you want to start working on bigger and bigger projects to the point where it really takes things to the next level for you from from a accomplishment standpoint and Guys if you want to quit don't quit don't quit at the very minimum kind of switch Switch your angles a little bit switch gears even though I said quit software development. I really didn't get out of it 100% I went from probably being 90% in to maybe 30% because I still did stuff on the sequel database side door store procedures reporting Functions there my steel review code with the team and all this stuff. It's just me actual writing code No, I didn't participate in that at all. I cited some of the code views even some of the guys bounce some of their code off On me I didn't know the logic at the point at that particular time But I knew enough about coding to kind of walk through the actual business logic to see if it made sense to me as they'd explain it And if it didn't we can go bounce off each other and that's the important thing to kind of step back Do something different switch gears a little bit and naturally you'll come back in it with a different perspective With a different motivation you inspired to do bigger projects and you'll get back in it so I still think coding is the way to go for most people who are not in and high-end lawyer high-end engineer high-end Healthcare professional even high-end sales if you're not in any of those and you're trying to find your way and you got some technology Base skills. I still think everybody need to try to get their hands on development or some IT related feel because it's only going to give you an advantage of whatever your final destination is in your career and put You in a position of being able to see how to scale Whatever you do and leverage technology. So guys like subscribe to the content What do you think about what I've just said? Have you quit in the past? What have you done to really? Refocus yourself in your career. You don't have to be developing. It can be being any IT professional But we want to kind of see where your head set and share with you guys As you guys already know I'm trying to kind of take the community to the next level Still kind of working with that and trying to build things up trying to get a lot of content start promoting the channel. So let's start I'm a discourse below and let's start commenting in the description or in the Comment section. 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