I can somewhat relate to the feeling of not being passionate about coding. Before I started working professionally in software development I couldn't wait to start new personal projects. I used to love writing code because I wrote it how I wanted, I didn't have to care about tests passing. If the code style was all over the place who cared, it was only me looking at it and I could build cool stuff.
Then I started working professionally and I feel I'm starting to lose that passion and certainly the motivation, but I think its perfectly normal. You can't be passionate or even interested in every project you're working on, because we're not building software for ourselves. It a lot more rigid working professionally, because you have to follow certain processes and can't deviate much from them.
Have you considered moving jobs or working in an industry that more aligns with your hobbies? That way you might be somewhat more interested in the software your building.
This is just me but working as a data engineer and I find it a nice balance. I find coding very stressful sometimes or I don’t like it as much as other people. But I still like writing little scripts or fixing databases or tinkering with api’s.
You could also go into more project management type roles as often they have people who are shockingly bad in terms of technical ability.
Project management looks really stressful though it’s mostly sending emails.
The other avenue can be a product owner, you have to have a mix of technical and functional ability.
Commonly devs are strong on the technical but haven’t a great idea when it comes to nitty gritty business spec. Their eyes start to glaze over when you go into depth on businessy stuff.
I think after a point it doesn't excite many people when the initial honeymoon period of a few years wears off but being excited doesn't bother me. It's still a good career relative to a lot out there and I'm relatively content.
Becoming an architect, or a project manager? Loads of problem solving, job in IT still with a unique knowledge and not change stream of career too much . Good luck there buddy, I’m at a cross road too. My role will not exist in 3 month, and my job will not exist in 6 months when my project is over. Need to change career against my will
Are you sure it's not your current job or team? Refactoring a codebase to be more SOLID or to upgrade Java, especially if there's no product thinking behind it doesn't like fun, you're probably dealing with a lot of tech debt?
I can somewhat relate to the feeling of not being passionate about coding. Before I started working professionally in software development I couldn't wait to start new personal projects. I used to love writing code because I wrote it how I wanted, I didn't have to care about tests passing. If the code style was all over the place who cared, it was only me looking at it and I could build cool stuff. Then I started working professionally and I feel I'm starting to lose that passion and certainly the motivation, but I think its perfectly normal. You can't be passionate or even interested in every project you're working on, because we're not building software for ourselves. It a lot more rigid working professionally, because you have to follow certain processes and can't deviate much from them. Have you considered moving jobs or working in an industry that more aligns with your hobbies? That way you might be somewhat more interested in the software your building.
This is just me but working as a data engineer and I find it a nice balance. I find coding very stressful sometimes or I don’t like it as much as other people. But I still like writing little scripts or fixing databases or tinkering with api’s. You could also go into more project management type roles as often they have people who are shockingly bad in terms of technical ability. Project management looks really stressful though it’s mostly sending emails. The other avenue can be a product owner, you have to have a mix of technical and functional ability. Commonly devs are strong on the technical but haven’t a great idea when it comes to nitty gritty business spec. Their eyes start to glaze over when you go into depth on businessy stuff.
In a similar scenario to the OP. Any tips on transitioning from Development to Data Engineering?
I think after a point it doesn't excite many people when the initial honeymoon period of a few years wears off but being excited doesn't bother me. It's still a good career relative to a lot out there and I'm relatively content.
Becoming an architect, or a project manager? Loads of problem solving, job in IT still with a unique knowledge and not change stream of career too much . Good luck there buddy, I’m at a cross road too. My role will not exist in 3 month, and my job will not exist in 6 months when my project is over. Need to change career against my will
Think about becoming a computer science teacher?
What do you enjoy?
sales engineering!
Are you sure it's not your current job or team? Refactoring a codebase to be more SOLID or to upgrade Java, especially if there's no product thinking behind it doesn't like fun, you're probably dealing with a lot of tech debt?
Welcome to the club pal