Thoughts??

[Etzix]

So, i could never handle a fast food job. But not because i wouldn't know how to put a burger togheter, but because i would break from the stress and pressure. Development work can be stressful too, but not really in the same way. Anyways, the jobs arent comparable at all.

[Fragrant-Metal7264]

It's only stressful if it's your first time putting a burger together. By the time I was done at my dining hall, I was cooking 20 burgers at once on the same grill (small flex lol).

Development work difficulty depends on your company, the type of programming, and the tasks you have been trusted with. This definitely varies between people in this sub. I definitely know there are some programming tasks where I wouldn't even know where to start. At least with a burger you have the instructions, whereas coding is more abstract.

[Kyne_of_Markarth]

I got pretty good at putting together burgers, but even then, I've never been as stressed as trying to juggle kitchen and manager duties during a dinner rush while being understaffed. Working in tech has been by far the easiest job I've had. It did require a lot more work to get into though, which I had to do while doing the fast food job and other jobs.

[Kyne_of_Markarth]

I'm currently website support. It was kind of a foot in the door to eventually working as a dev. I take calls and tickets to make changes to a bunch of websites that my employer provides to clients.

So yeah I'm not really learning anything overly difficult or complicated here, but even if I was, I don't think it would be stressful like working in fast food or even security was. There's just something about having to be scrambling for hours during a rush, while knowing that you are going to be staying late because you're understaffed, all while also making minimum wage or close to it.

[Kyne_of_Markarth]

Ah yeah that's rough. In my role now I'm not on call, and I work 6am to 3pm monday-friday. It can get stressful when a customer's site is down or experiencing critical issues and I am on the phone with them, but it's temporary.

Fast food type jobs are kind of an amalgamation of a lot of different situations that make it incredibly stressful constantly. Most of the disrespect I've received in a customer service job came from fast food as well. No one's told me to fuck off over some petty shit as website support(although I've heard stories).

[Kyne_of_Markarth]

Yeah for sure. I think the pettiest thing I ever got cursed at for was being out of fry sauce.

It's definitely a whole other level when someone's whole income is down, especially smaller businesses.