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Software Development 8 Hours Isn’t Enough for Me
If It Isn’t Passion, I Would Have Given Up
As I move to a new country about 7 years ago, I started afresh. Despite being a software development manager once, I just get any job that comes first.
I got into a warehouse job, where I work in the Stock Refill team. My task is to go collect the incoming goods and distribute them in the right place. I push tens of kilo of goods each round. Each day I pushed 20–30 rounds. Hard work.
One thing I am glad of is, right after eight hours, it is done. When I am home, I am really home. It’s 8 hours job. Sharp.
Started as Mobile QA (8 hours work — 4 hours learn)
My background is in Computer Science. I know how to program, but rusty, as I have been in management for many years. Besides, I was in the semiconductor industry but plan to get into the newer trend like mobile development.
Hence while I already got the warehouse job, I still pursue to get back into my field of studies.
With zero industry experience in mobile development, I apply to various mobile development organizations. Obviously, I did not get the job. In one of the organizations I got…
