preface

Say oneself present circumstance first, programmer 1, graduate came to Shenzhen, work also has certain time to now. Next, let’s talk about the misunderstood profession of programmer from my personal point of view.

Programmer overtime situation, understand

As far as I’m concerned, being a programmer is pretty good. A lot of people might say that programmers work too hard, work too much overtime, and risk going bald. Well, how can I say it? There is a joke that said: “now as a programmer, the pressure is not so big, copy and paste, can run, can have any pressure, if not, delete library run, also quite worry”. Jokes are jokes. Just listen to the fun.

In fact, programmers are not as tired as they are made out to be, and overtime is not as severe (some companies are more so), and most companies I know actually leave around 8 o ‘clock. Many people say that programmers have low cost performance and low hourly wage. To be honest, we work long hours, but when you talk about it from the perspective of hourly wage, I can only say that it is a little too little brother. It is hard to fight hourly wage, but most professions can not fight it.

What about programmer bottlenecks and future development

Understand that every industry has its bottlenecks, and programmers are no exception. The bottleneck of programmers usually appears at the 25K node, or at a macro level, it can be divided into three years of experience and five years of experience, which is often the most direct boundary between excellent programmers and ordinary programmers.

The current era of information explosion, no matter in what way, distance between person and person more and more close to life and consumption has been slowly decoupling, especially in the first-line second-tier cities, people in different city where normal life is close to the cost of entertainment, especially the emergence of various chain, more increased consumption evenly. Income is more important when different incomes can enjoy similar things.

In fact, this has also led to a serious programmer this line of internal volume, slowly 211, 985 will become the bottom line, you can believe it (now some large companies have been this standard). Personally, I’ve always felt that a good company, a good direction, and enough hard work can lead to success. Take a look at the salary for graduate/doctoral candidates in autonomous driving/artificial intelligence algorithms.

On the downside, maybe from graduation to being fired at 35, let’s say 10 years, estimated income is already enough for retirement, you want to see high growth in this industry. And because programmers often have access to stocks, they have good financial sense. Of course, people often have their differences, and I have found that the better life of programmers can be summarized as the following three:

  1. The first is the absolute core competitiveness of the company, whether it is technology or management, regardless of family background and rank. These people tend to have equity incentives, earn a lot of money, and are already on the front lines, and buying a house or not doesn’t affect their quality of life at all.

  2. The second is to escape from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou after realizing wealth freedom through their own efforts and wisdom. The crossing is not from Beijing to the third or fourth tier, but from Beijing to Xi ‘an, from Shenzhen to Chongqing/Chengdu. Programmers moving from tier 1 to tier 2 will see their salaries drop somewhat, but in the face of friendlier and more affordable housing. I’ve always believed that if you can keep your mortgage below 30 to 40 percent of your income, you can have a good life in most places. So far I’ve had friends and colleagues who have made the transition, and overall life has been pretty good.

  3. The third, experience life, hedonist. Well, this may sound like a lack of motivation, lack of effort, and easy satisfaction, but back to reality, you can’t really question their quality of life. “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” In life, you have to give up something you get. The income is stable and the line lies flat enough to be comfortable. There is a perfect entertainment system. Maybe these are the people who really understand the meaning of life.

If you ask me about my current life plan, I might prefer the second one, but I still want to live in Shenzhen. The housing price in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen is indeed high, which may crush most people, but this city is suitable for young people to struggle and struggle. The cost of living in Shenzhen is not bad. At present, my knowledge of other cities is limited, and I seldom live in second-tier cities. I plan to go out and have a look when I have time. From different angles, different heights, different positions to see the world, there may be different harvest.

Talk about being a programmer for your family

If you are young like me, this industry can be said to be the best solution, because in front of you is the housing price problem, I am the average level of programmers, now the annual income is average, this profession can also let you quickly complete the life of the first bucket of gold accumulation.

As I grew up in the countryside, with many brothers and sisters and a difficult family, I started school late. I graduated from school at the age of 24 and started to work. Naturally, I accumulated the first bucket of gold later than my peers, but this will not be an excuse for me to stop moving forward.

The career of programmer is a very good growth curve in the early stage, the base salary is high, if a little bit of effort, raise is not a problem. That’s one of the things that happens when you buy stocks, when you talk about probability instead of base, you’re playing a bully.

If your family is better, in the absence of house pressure, relatively speaking, this occupation is not so high cost performance, you can have their own ideas, from the start can be bold to learn business, city in the parents, and parents to ensure the distance in a bowl of soup, then in fact you what profession is not so important. Do what you love to do, enjoy life, have a goal, have an idea, go for it. This is birth advantage in itself, nothing to hide.

conclusion

As far as my current cognitive level is concerned, I still think it is a good job to be a programmer. In this era, more and more attention is paid to efficiency, and it is indeed a joy to be able to work hard at the best age. The anxiety of our young people at this stage may come from the uncertainty about the future and dissatisfaction with life.

But if you can’t live today, how can you believe you can live a better tomorrow? I have a saying for you, “If your mind is in the future, but your body is in the past, then you will not be in the present, how can you live a happy life”. So, living in the moment, doing what you love, is a kind of happiness in itself.

Well, that’s all for today’s sharing. If you have different views on the profession of programmer, please feel free to comment below.

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