I love programming, but I feel like it doesn’t have too much use outside getting people to spend their hard-earned money in stuff they don’t need…

I feel like jobs such as manufacture, cooking, agriculture and whatnot contribute way more to society than all the “Big Data” or “Business Intelligence” garbage… They actually help fulfill people’s needs.

All this comes because I tried to think a way that programming could help fulfill the needs of at least some people, but all I could think of is that maybe it could help government administration or something…

I’m honestly thinking in just stop searching for tech-related jobs and settle for a less paying but more helpful and fulfilling job. Just anything where I can feel like I’m actually helping people.

Thanks for reading my rant.

  • Shrike502
    6·
    1 year ago

    Have you considered going into FPGA development or CNC machines?

    • Black AOC
      5·
      1 year ago

      How does programming translate to CNC? (Genuinely curious; I’m running up against that same kind of feeling about genuinely loving writing code; but unable to find where the meaning would be if that was my job)

      • Shrike502
        5·
        1 year ago

        It probably doesn’t, I was talking out of my ass. Sorry.

        I know a guy (IRL) who does setup for CNCs, and apparently it’s quite non-trivial (unlike actually operating them). And as I understand, it is a fairly rare skill, with plenty of demand. Mind you, the situation in your locale will likely be different, so again - apologies for empty suggestions