are there any employers that would rather have a person who: wants to put in an honest day's work; get to know the job and the people well; and a desire to ultimately be a mentor for the company processes, instead of a here-today-gone-tomorrow programmer, who is interested in actually working there until retirement age?"
Yes, but not likely in programming/IT/CS. Why not?
College kids type fast, they know their stuff from programming classes, there's plenty of them, and they work for ramen noodles.
Have you considered trying to go to a community college and re-uping your skill set, possibly in a different (but somewhat related) field? Before I transfered, my community college was training dual IT/Medical Technology majors to work with medical equipment.
If you're sick and tired of programming, you might try something like social services or nursing. Those fields have appreciated; albeit underpaid, people that work until retiriment and beyond. Those fields value good, dedicated people with experience more than they ever will the college kid looking for more in the pizza budget.
My advice? If you're tired of programming, look at what else you're good at (get ahold of the STRONG interest inventory), try for some financial aid through the federal government, and get the heck out of dodge. Life's too short to be miserable with hurting wrists.
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Yes, but not likely in programming/IT/CS. Why not?
College kids type fast, they know their stuff from programming classes, there's plenty of them, and they work for ramen noodles.
Have you considered trying to go to a community college and re-uping your skill set, possibly in a different (but somewhat related) field? Before I transfered, my community college was training dual IT/Medical Technology majors to work with medical equipment.
If you're sick and tired of programming, you might try something like social services or nursing. Those fields have appreciated; albeit underpaid, people that work until retiriment and beyond. Those fields value good, dedicated people with experience more than they ever will the college kid looking for more in the pizza budget.
My advice? If you're tired of programming, look at what else you're good at (get ahold of the STRONG interest inventory), try for some financial aid through the federal government, and get the heck out of dodge. Life's too short to be miserable with hurting wrists.