Time is not wasted, creation is not stopped, this article is participating in 2021 year-end summary essay contest”
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Ordinary as ME, do not know whether to write out my experience? As an older programmer, have the ability to soar, and I, still struggling in the bottom, write out these, it is impossible to help others what, just their own records, water, perhaps, just hope to get after the waves of a refueling bar! Life has been so, since there is nothing to change, then only accept it, perhaps the inner recognition can give their comfort and strength! ————!
1. Recognize and accept [ordinary]
Looked at the Denver nuggets within 30 friends and stand or younger digging, many have been living in the big Internet companies, is also in constant volume to get up at 6 o ‘clock in the morning, the practice of new technology, and even into 50 w have been years or even millions, and I no longer feel the heart of their oppression, I can only silently blessing them – the young people in China, the programmers, Really promising!
Yes, I have accepted my ordinariness.
I’m just one of thousands of people trying to live their lives, not much different from any one of thousands of individuals. Of course, if you knew me, or I knew you, then maybe we would pay attention to each other and know each other’s life, work or whatever.
It is a great fortune for programmers to be able to work till now and still have a bowl of rice to eat. Perhaps it shows that the age of 35 is not the grave of programmers from the side.
Of course, everyone has their own cognition, habits and development trajectory, what kind of life is suitable for, perhaps one thousand people will give one thousand answers!
2021 is also a year of ups and downs for me. Of course, the main reason for the fluctuations is the epidemic, in addition to the epidemic, or have their own drift.
2. The company gets sued
After half a year of hard work, I was busy building a R&D team, researching demands, designing and developing apps and wechat mini programs. However, everything stopped abruptly before the market was launched, because my boss was suspected of illegal operation in other companies, and all the company assets were frozen.
Fortunately, our company is legal, and there is no illegal business, so also avoid legal matters. Most of the employees of the boss’s company have received legal documents, which is too cruel for an ordinary social person. This is the real version of prison programming/sales that we often laugh at ourselves.
After this incident, I also experienced the most miserable Spring Festival, no salary, let alone year-end bonus.
From November 2020 to March 2021, there was a food shortage.
Spring Festival is in the depressed, the hands of the poor little savings, are not enough to repay the loan.
Fortunately, a friend at that time gave a private work, the snow to solve the problem of carbon loans. Yes, it is easy to have more friends. However, as a technology nerd, I naively think that technology can solve all problems and never think of more development in interpersonal relationship. So also advise you to dig friends, more friends may be your best way to solve the dilemma of 35 years old!
3. Where are your friends
The market of.net in Xi ‘an has been lukewarm, and after removing some of the enterprises that have worked for it, most of them recruit general developers, and the corresponding treatment is also low.
After all, high-end jobs themselves are scarce, and there are few opportunities to pick and choose during the turbulent Spring Festival amid the pandemic. May be that everyone job-hopping less!!
Even so, I’m still in a relatively remote place, find a suitable enterprise, technical director positions, but its treatment only 20 k, talk to the boss can also be, but on wages, no matter how to talk about, he do not want to move a bit, can only bless each other in the end, may be I still can’t accept the reality of the society.
Of course, I wrote about a company that thought I was too old for it, and I was wrong about them, and they finally gave me an interview, but the salary wasn’t settled.
If you lower your requirements, you can still find some companies to work for, such is the disadvantage of being older.
Finally, think of a friend to see if you can do things together.
Introduced by friends, and friends of the boss chat or very happy, treatment can also give the ideal value, then decided to come down, finally have a landing.
4. Pressure from friends
Although the company is very big, the boss of the company hopes that my friend can operate independently here, so basically all the things here need my friend to go out to explore the market direction.
After a period of running-in, I basically took on all the technical things. Since my friend was also exploring the market, I was mainly engaged in 3D drawing, automatic compilation, openstack virtual computing application and office automation software research during that period.
Xi ‘an side of the company is not large, so the commute is flexible, occasionally ask for a leave can not deduct wages, mainly friends here to control. During this period, I occasionally went out to talk about technical solutions and so on. Generally speaking, it was a start-up company.
Small companies are afraid of financial problems, but my friend said that the boss of the company preset 200W for this place, because we undertook a project of a national XXX bureau, in principle, there is no problem to support for several years.
Although small companies can not accumulate deep skills, but for my age, uncle can not only maintain the family, but also earn a reasonable salary, we can not ask too much, right?
Time flies. It has been more than 3 months since I joined the company in a twinkling of an eye. However, things have changed suddenly, and the biggest change should be my attitude.
Several times, I went out with my friends to talk about plans with customers. On the way, I suggested to him that we should recruit some salesmen, so that the market would be more open and it would be easier to open the market.
Looking back, did I do something wrong? Why is this advice?
“You’re right,” he said. “That’s what I’m planning on doing, hiring more sales. However, our company is too small, and your salary proportion is too high. How about we reduce your salary, so that we can balance the development of the company better?”
I was not happy at that time, but I answered the question very weakly, because the company is really small, and I just arrived at the company, and did not contribute very much, so I could only say perfunctory, “MMMM ~”. Maybe I should say no loudly, or maybe it’s just a test from a friend. Maybe I should have a heart-to-heart talk with my friend about this problem. I lack social bullies, which also fully exposes my shortcomings.
Later, the friend mentioned it several times, and I’m just a perfunctory cope, in the end he even says we should have more work overtime, after also need to normal work on Saturday (what explain, many times during the installation of the equipment or work overtime to very late, just did not work overtime everyday), in a small company, it is perfectly normal.
Although be friends, but I am in a friend company doesn’t have any stock, I also just get salary, of course, also can be a person ability doesn’t he think about it, maybe or other deep reason, but in the few months he has not asked me for something or, even the front-end code, I put forward can also do your own, He didn’t say he had to do it.
Therefore, later leave, I still hold the heart of guilt.
5. New land
However, after several months of running in and out and pressure from friends, I gradually feel that IT is difficult for me to put my hands to good use here, and the shadow of salary is the biggest. After all, if I get a lower salary, IT would be better to work in that remote company as technical management.
Yes, everyone has their own trade-offs, I have my own trade-offs, my friend is no different, this is the way it is, there is no one to blame!
Perhaps, without new opportunities, I am still struggling with this question.
And just at this time, a HANGZHOU HR and I had a contact…
First of all, this is a foreign company, which of course needs to speak English.
And my English is poor.
Because of my poor English, I like this foreign company.
Of course, there are other aspects of attraction, that is, the foreign company is facing the transformation of micro services, and this is my strong point.
From Xi ‘an to Hangzhou, the distance is 1300 km, and I have a wife and children, this is not a good choice at first sight.
But I’m 45 years old, and I’m in a cutthroat, insidiously competitive world of programmers.
After many times of communication with her daughter-in-law, she finally agreed to this torture, of course, now it seems that she may not want to do so, but there is no better way.
After four rounds of interviews, I also had an interview with the boss, and finally passed the assessment. The only good thing is that there are fewer English tests.
When and friends put forward to leave, in order not to hurt the face, I excuse relatives called hangzhou to lead the team, there is no way to directly say it out, this is adult trouble ah!
In order to ensure the normal operation of my friend’s business, I recommended a front end and a back end for him. Although their abilities are not as good as mine, their combined salaries are far higher than mine.
This is another heart-piercing reality, people always feel 1+1 > 1, and naturally think 1+1 > 1 is good, good is so natural, unlike me – the treatment is a little conspicuous.
6. Hang Drift
Come to Hangzhou, finally understand what is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below! Here not only the scenery is beautiful, but also everyone feels very energetic and youthful!
The best point of this foreign enterprise is that it is willing to accept an older programmer!
Therefore, working in this company, after entry is happy!
Of course, no matter where you are, you need to pay efforts and contributions. The superior external environment provides you, so what you most hope is to be able to produce good results and make real contributions to the company.
At present, I have been working for half a year, but the only disadvantage is that I cannot take care of my family because it is too far away from home. The plan was to have time to fly back, but due to the impact of the epidemic, it was not so easy to achieve. We can only hope that the epidemic will pass as soon as possible, so that people in society can live a more comfortable point!
This method is really not recommended. At the right age, do the right things, you have the ability to dig friends, hope to roll up quickly, before getting married to establish a good career, not like me, tired like a dog.
Seems to be their own choice, maybe this is the choice of age! Ordinary as I, can not break free from the bondage of time!
7. Flag of 2021
High-spirited 2021Flag, with the ups and downs of the work, are sunk in the old days.
The only thing that has been accomplished is this: the number of articles exceeded 2020, and the explosion of article writing in 2021 May be due to too many activities of digging gold.
Flag 8. 2022
Take care of this one, that’s enough! I hope that in the coming year, my English can blossom freely and fluently.
Having been a programmer for so many years, I’m satisfied. Even if I can’t find the job I like in the future, I should be able to treat it as normal and won’t be anxious.
Written on December 5, 2021.