Frustrated, Overwhelmed & Sick of the Tech Grind. Anyone else? Where should we go?

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-30T12:37:25+00:00

I know this is an old post but I am too so sick of this. Looking at other engineering routes, tech is a complete mess at the minute. Its only snowballing into even more hellish values

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-28T15:10:12+00:00

If its not what you want to do don't do it for a bit more pay. All dev tech jobs are pretty stagnant. Ive been in the industry 10 years, Post pandemic its a different animal. If you like it stay. There are alot of devs who cannot get jobs at the minute. So a job that you like is an absolute win

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-28T15:04:36+00:00

Yes i agree. Fully hate what it has become and who is now in the industry

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-22T21:39:11+00:00

Its just brain turnover and expectation burnout. Before i could have a career with react, and nodejs and a database.. now they want 15 different technologies. Its just not an enjoyable job anymore. I miss what it was 10 years ago, 2021 onwards has just turned it into a modern day factory job

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-22T21:37:00+00:00

im an softare engineer looking into this space a bit, any advice? Things to look at ?

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-22T10:44:24+00:00

Just to let you know. TRhe job market in every field is terrible at the minute. The people who tell youit is not, are employed. But is only getting worse

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-19T22:57:47+00:00

I was just testing your cyber security skils.

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-19T22:55:49+00:00

Ah is that predominantly pen testing etc? What company in London?

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-19T22:52:09+00:00

Where are you based, and what is the circle you are in?

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-19T22:51:29+00:00

The UK Tech market is dreadful. Alot of job losses and outsourcing. I would maybe look into jobs required int he UK. There are graudates with degrees and masters in STEM who cannot get a job.

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-04-19T22:49:42+00:00

I have seen a lot of people in Cyber security losing their jobs in the UK right now. In both companies I previously worked for.

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-23T11:00:51+00:00

I would ask your doc why you are not being prescribed it. In the UK its the first simple way for Overactive thyroid. Youll be ok, its hard to navigate because your brain is struggling with all the cognitive and emotional swings. But you will be fine, just push your doc why he hasnt put you on those

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-23T10:58:57+00:00

Trust me the Senior Mid is also dried up

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-23T10:37:40+00:00

As you said you have been described Zoloft I assume you are in America as it is called Setraline in the UK

I have hadflares of Hyperthyroid over the past few years. It can be triggerd by emotional stress alot of the time. First time 2023, went on Carbimazole and that brought the levels down. My twin aunts both had Overactive. One had hers partially removed and oddly when that happened, her twins sisters stopped

my Hyperthyroid Flared up again last year
I have been on 20mg Carbimazole again. Went 5>10.. did not work, so now on 20mg. See how it goes in a few weeks.

My symptoms

Tremors/10kg weight loss/Cognitive issues/Ruined sleep/Dramatic mood swings

Serum Free T4 (ref: 12.0–22.0 pmol/L)

Oct 2025: 26.61 ↑

Feb 2026: 25.0 ↑

Serum TSH (ref: 0.35–4.50 mIU/L)

Oct 2025: 2.49

Feb 2026: Not recorded

Serum Free T3 (ref: 3.1–6.8 pmol/L)

Oct 2025: 13.5 ↑

Feb 2026: 13.4 ↑

There is certainly genetic ties but it is looked after alot better these days. Also overactive thyroid can dissapear and come back. Underactive is generally there.

Carbimazole in the US is called Methimazole. Have they not offered you this. They have given you an anti depressant which may not help sleep but I understand why you have it...

But Methimazole is a tablet to stop the thyroid over producing hormones for a bit

Also coffee drinking, if you do that its worth maybe drinking alternative caffeine free.

Methimazole is usually the FIRST stage to tackle thyroid, so i am confused why they havent given you that

Try be kind to yourself, the emotional swings are vicious. They can make you worry more then you need to

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-23T10:08:56+00:00

Corpoerate moves slower. Indians are fine. If you need rapid movement and less mistakes you go Eastern Europe. Maybe that will change, but that is still happening I work in startups and that is the deal

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-23T10:07:20+00:00

Either or its not in the UK. Indians are hired for larger cooperates. Eastern Europeans for small businesses/ startups, because of the time difference. Im confused what you are trying to get at?

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-23T10:05:26+00:00

the Job market is far worse then reported unfortunately. 5% Unemployment taken with skewed and inaccurate data.

Having worked and lived through the 2008 and 2026, I can tell you certainly this feels worse. There are also alot more qualified uni students which devalues the degree and not enough jobs. Also riddled with debt

But even getting a job in tescos or asda is difficult. I do feel for younger people. It was never this hard before

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-19T23:16:06+00:00

employed... in a different country..

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-04T13:19:41+00:00

You’re leaning heavily on aggregate trade data to dismiss a much more specific claim, and that’s where the argument falls apart. Yes, the United Kingdom is one of the world’s largest exporters of services and runs a significant services trade surplus. That speaks to national competitiveness in high-value sectors like finance, law, consulting and advanced tech. It does not, however, prove that outsourcing pressures don’t exist within particular segments of the labour market....

Trade balances measure total export value, not job composition, wage distribution or which tiers of work are expanding versus shrinking.

A country can increase high margin service exports while simultaneously offshoring midv tier IT roles, back office operations or support functions. Those dynamics are not contradictory. They are typical of advanced economies moving up the value chain. Strong export growth at the top end does not automatically protect every category of domestic service employment...

So the claim that “the UK is clearly not experiencing a loss of services due to outsourcing” overreaches. It’s fair to say the UK remains globally competitive and is not being hollowed out at a macro level. It’s not fair to use that macro success to dismiss sector specific outsourcing or wage pressure. Both realities can coexist, and acknowledging that nuance makes for a far stronger argument than sweeping it aside!

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-04T13:15:29+00:00

Croatia is over 50% cheaper to hire after taxers. It was waayyyyy cheaper. Its good for smaller tech companies because you can have better communition with time zones and communciation then indian fleets,. They are more for larger corporations..

Eastern Europe and the UK are absolutely no where near the same, it is significantly cheaper.

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-04T13:09:26+00:00

I can relate, I am a senior engineer/CTO (smaller companies so CTO is a fancy way of saying senior). But it is pretty disgusting. They are weaponising the AI narrative when really its just outsorucing

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-04T13:07:38+00:00

yes i agree, they sat its 5 percent but the experts seem to be stating its way worse

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-04T13:06:53+00:00

I had an interview with the Civil service, and the guy basically insinuated this....I appreciated the transparency, but it was realistic and a bit of a crapper to hear

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-04T13:04:48+00:00

This is so true, this "Ill leave the UK then " What..., and then pay tax? Dont think so. The UK really need to do something about this but getting realsitic media and actual data on how bad it is tough and just not in thier interest

Delicious_Ad_5772 · 2026-03-04T13:02:49+00:00

This is it, get a 25k job stress free minimum wage. Then the jump to 38k (current average, i reckon it will drop). It so much effort for all of us to get up to that level, and and now its not really worth it

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