Posted by fallsfall on November 26, 2004, at 0:02:19
In reply to Re: work » Gabbix2, posted by octopusprime on November 24, 2004, at 21:26:35
Yes, I worked in software. Some software people are very competent, others are not so great.
There can be a lot of pressure in computer occupations (both software and system admin kinds of jobs). It is a very competitive industry - getting your product to market first is critical. And there are many times when programmers are asked (told) to get more work done than is possible.
My specialty was bug fixing - customer reported bugs, so my position had constant pressure. I liked that better than the cyclic pressure of deadlines, though. I would work as hard as I could, and as long as I could demonstrate that my priorities were right and that I was asking for help when I needed to I was fine.
But I don't think I can go back to software - because of the pressure. The pressure contributes to my depression. It's too bad, because it has been fun - I really like the work. When my depression isn't too bad, I can fake it well enough so that I wasn't really in jeopardy at work. But when things got bad, I ended up going off on disability before my bosses decided I was incompetent.
Gabbi, you have always impressed me with your computer knowledge. You seem to know a lot about system admin stuff, and you are good at helping people. You might look into some kind of tech support. Some tech support jobs are high pressure, but others really aren't. I'd be happy to talk in more depth with you about what you might look for.
To answer Leo's question, I am on SDDI and I work 10 hours a week at the local library. I was lucky that I was 38 before my depression hit, so I had a chance to get myself financially stable before everything fell apart. Plus my parents help out sometimes.
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