I quit my job as a software engineer. Here’s why.

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8 ай бұрын

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@pms_code 8 ай бұрын

Exactly 6 months and 19 days ago, I quit my 9-to-5 job and embarked on a journey to build my own software products. Over this period, I successfully developed several software products that now generate passive income, enabling me to sustain a comfortable lifestyle here in Sri Lanka, where living costs are lower than in Europe. As I continue to explore and travel, I've identified promising ideas that are ripe for product development.

@4m4l 8 ай бұрын

Hey, can we connect. I am working as a software developer in mern stack currently. I am thinking of quiting.

@ThreadsX 8 ай бұрын

Yes, do you have linkedin or twitter?

@touseefcodes 8 ай бұрын

Would love to connect and discuss more

@sergiosheypol 8 ай бұрын

I quitted mine too and I'm also sharing my experience in my channel. Perhaps it's helpful for you too! What you've done is so brave and is definitely the right decision. Life and mental health comes first and is by far more important than any corporate validation :)

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

That is exciting, I’ll definitely check out your video too :) thanks for your words of encouragement

@KevinNaughtonJr 8 ай бұрын

glad you're doing what's best for your health! can't wait to see what you do!

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

thank you for your kind comment, I appreciate it 😊

@enespoyraz849 8 ай бұрын

I had a very similar path. I used to work as a Software Engineer in Zurich for 6 years. The last year i was making good money and i was able to work remotely. It was the dream. But after 1 year of travelling, i quit and for the past 6 Monhts, i was doing nothing. Now, i started a company around AI and it feels exciting again :) Good Luck on your future!

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience and kind words, it means a lot! ♥I am super happy to hear that you started your own company, that is exciting! Congratulations! ✨

@stuff4232 8 ай бұрын

oh yeah? What's the company name?

@currentmood9568 8 ай бұрын

Starkes Video, ich schätze deine Ehrlichkeit. Bin gespannt, wo es dich hintreibt!

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

vielen dank für den lieben kommentar 🫶🏼

@NJcruiser 8 ай бұрын

Oh Iris. I'm sorry that you got to the point where you felt the need to quit but taking care of your mental health and physical health comes first. As I've said before I spent 38 years in the IT world as a programmer up to a systems analyst. Long hours and stress are the norm. Lots of impossible deadlines and always feeling like you were at work even when you weren't does take a toll on you. I wish you the best in whatever you decide to do going forward. I hope that you will continue to post videos regardless of what you end up doing. You have great content and I have always enjoyed watching your videos. Take care.

@parttimegamer5531 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing iris. I have been your subscriber for a year now. You inspired me a lot. Pls keep sharing your wonderful journey with us. Don't be worried, life is all about ups and downs.❤

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

this is such a sweet message, thank you so much ♥️😊

@vanessaberger6206 8 ай бұрын

I am so proud of you!!! ❤ Thanks for sharing this with us. Also thanks to all the nice people in the comments sharing their experience with this topic! 🤗

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

thank youuuu gurl 🥰♥️♥️♥️♥️ hugs!

@mastivlogs3442 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your information and support.

@kumarakshay8468 8 ай бұрын

I felt this a few months ago, the same as you described while working remotely. But then I got sick because of dengue. That gave me 3 weeks to recover and reevaluate my working style. Soon after joining, I asked my manager to transfer a lot of responsibility that didn't align with my goals to other team members. That gave me room to breathe and I also focused more on my anxiety issues. I don't how it worked but I made myself aware of my insecurities and so some of those anxiety also melted away. It was a slow and gradual process for me.

@4amoats 8 ай бұрын

We love you in everything any anything you do. That specially applies to when you are just taking a breath. Everything will be okay! This was highly inspiring as every single one of your videos, and couldn't have come at a better time!

@iris-tabea 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment, I really appreciate it 😊

@aililadanova6063 8 ай бұрын

That’s such a brave thing to do! You’re young only once in your life, enjoy every moment!

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

Hi there, thanks so much for your kind comment and motivating words ♥

@balakarthick6241 8 ай бұрын

Hey iris i wish for your good future and just take a break and keep your mind peace, be happy and enjoy every moment of your life. We are excite to get more videos from you ❤❤.

@iris-tabea 7 ай бұрын

aww thank you for leaving such a sweet message, it means a lot to me 🤗

@lidstech54 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing and good luck in your healing journey.❤ I'm sure that your wisdom and the power if the universe will lead you to the best and precisest path for you.

@iris-tabea 4 ай бұрын

aww thank you that is such a sweet and uplifting message 🙏🏻🌸

@siddhant2002 8 ай бұрын

It's okay to take a break from work. Life has more meaning than what other people think. I wish you great success ahead 🙌

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

thank you for your uplifting comment 😊

@thaisc684 8 ай бұрын

I did something similar quitting my job at a big 4 some years ago. The advice I give you is not take too long of a break.

@user78978 8 ай бұрын

I wish you all the best!

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

thank you 😊

@MindBlowerWTF 6 ай бұрын

I lot of people get burnout, but people mostly learn about it after it happens. There is a great talk from Game Developers Conference about this topic, you will find it easily. I have heard that Swiss work culture is really hard, was that also the case in your company? I hope you get better and return to do whatever you love doing.

@TommygunG 8 ай бұрын

best of luck!

@mastivlogs3442 5 ай бұрын

Nice to see you again... Wonderful✨😍 adventure video, looking pretty

@LeChuck.x17 8 ай бұрын

I have over 15 years of experience in this field and yes I felt the same way many times during my career.

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing ♥️☺️

@ogunacg3387 8 ай бұрын

I think the same as you , you need to find the job you are happy with otwerise it will break you in long term anyways, I hope you will find the job or something that you are passion about soon. be brave :)

@iris-tabea 4 ай бұрын

thank you so much for your wise words, that is so true :) we need to listen to our intuition more! I wish you all the best as well 😊🌸

@christopherhurley8694 7 ай бұрын

You are amazing. Beautiful smile and positive attitude. I envy your life. There has to be a balance of life, money and work. If you don't love your work, it's not worth it. Do you love Vienna? I have a friend that lives in Vienna. Do what makes you happy and fulfills you.

@Evem69 6 ай бұрын

I dont understand, she still lives in Switzerland or not?

@sarscov9854 8 ай бұрын

Wow. That sounds just like me these past few weeks. I don't have anything to fall back on though, and I'm probably about 10 years older than you so I'm super behind in my retirement savings because I wasted my 20s not worrying about money. By the way, if you work harder so that your teammates have an easier time, your boss will just give them more work to do. lol. The reward as a software engineer for being productive is more work. I do have 1 month of paid vacation in a few weeks though. Good luck. Consider staying in the field, your salary is projected to be very high once you get senior dev level experience. You started way younger than me in SWE. You could probably semi-retire well before 40, maybe even in your 30s to purse other ventures.

@isalutfi 8 ай бұрын

Hi Iris, am new sunscriber. Thank you for sharing.

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

hi there 🤗 so happy you like the video!

@eduard289 3 ай бұрын

Hello there. This is how Software Dev is feeling : I like it, but it is so stresfull that I always think about finishing my carrer as early as I can financial. This seems hardcore, but it has a point : I am always tired, can't sleep well, so stressed, never have time for me or my family.. I just think about something like going rural with my savings

@jermpoz2971 8 ай бұрын

SO WHAT DO U DO NOW? HOW U SURVIVE?

@MrSzwarz 6 ай бұрын

Since ai started to work at early age as a graphic designer, going through in-house, advertising, publishing and then corporations. This profession stopped being "creative" or even "visual communication" but just deatheline,, and making people "happy" or compromisog so many aspects of good design, I decided to take brake, and look at it from distance without being emotional. Enough is enough. Still like esthetics, design, and architecture, but with the distancing myself. There are far more important aspects of life than just design, and work etc. Simple.

@mrd4233 8 ай бұрын

The brutal reality in the Tech Industry, is that working every day with laptop/PC screens leads to burnout of our eyes, brains, back pain etc...also in parallel with job, we must constantly learn new things in our free time, reevaluation skills that keep us competitive to job market..so 8 hours in work and another 2-4 hours for extra skill advancement = 12 hours Eye/brain burn out daily!!! But at the end of the day, I think simpler jobs in nature make us more excited and happy. Jobs in Tech besides money are very ruthless in our physical condition so yeah...it's not all about money = success. I think success = to be happy and calm at the end of the day! Peace out!

@iris-tabea 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! 😊

@prem3957 5 ай бұрын

Great Video Iris! Do you edit them yourself?

@iris-tabea 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗🤗 Yes, I edit them myself

@prem3957 5 ай бұрын

@@iris-tabea That's Great. I'm a video editor and will help you edit them for you. So you can save your time as well.I can share my portfolio too.Let me know we can connect (:

@lilianavess9756 8 ай бұрын

Did you think aobut getting in to QA testing ? its way more relaxed and you can easily became automation tester with your skills and knowledge. A lot of people also switch from automation QA to development after X amount of years when they feel a need for more challeneges. Hope you will find something that fits your lifestyle. Best wishes.

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

Hi there, that sounds interesting 😊 I never thought about it - thank you for sharing!

@dytra_io 8 ай бұрын

2:03 who's whispering ????

@user-ir6ov5sm2d 8 ай бұрын

are you a web developer or mobile app developer or what type of things you were making in your job ?

@iris-tabea 4 ай бұрын

I was working full-stack on a web application :)

@KullieGallery 8 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️

@azzyyy734 8 ай бұрын

I certainly wouldn't condemn anyone for that.

@Aggie98bqn 2 ай бұрын

Software engineers are in demand in the US. Employment based immigration. High demand. Lot of big companies- TI, Ericsson, Siemens, Google, Microsoft. Wir alles brauchen etwas Ruhe. ich verstehe. Sie sind junge. Nehmen sie Zeit und entscheiden. Immer wieder Österreich. haha

@iris-tabea 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment, I appreciate it :)

@anishakhbazyan4708 8 ай бұрын

🫶❤️

@ankiyoutube660 7 ай бұрын

Can you friendship.please help me job visa.very need.i like you

@cannotwest 8 ай бұрын

Wow, work is difficult - what a surprise, right? It's easier to make KZfaq videos how others should get into engineering instead and do real work there - who would have thought? 😂

@iris-tabea 8 ай бұрын

right??😉 ✨LiVinG tHe DrEaM✨