Why Tech YouTubers Leave Software Development

Is it clickbait, or does it signal a change in the times?

Success sucks ass, especially if you’ve earned it early on. It’s like getting a Ferrari as a first car. What could you possibly buy next to improve it? Unfortunately, instead of allowing a downfall to occur, actual hogs take it upon themselves to be successful at any cost. Whether it’s lying about it or pulling off a con, you have to keep being more successful in their world.

This leads me to the question: why do successful tech influencers leave software development? I speculate as per usual.

Exit Route

After watching my 100th day in the life software engineer video, I’ve come to realize how shitty the perks are once you take a step back. The amount of team lunches, meetings, bonding activities, therapy sessions, team makeout time, etc. All these perks at a company encourage me to spend more time with people. Why is it advertised as a good thing? Why can’t a good working relationship exist with boundaries?

I think a lot of tech influencers go through the same pipeline excitedly, like a lot of us, before realizing how shitty the work world is. New-age corporatism of giving atta boys but still no raise hurts.