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Quitting engineering to pursue art full-time

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181 points Tomte | 1 comments | 27 Apr 24 10:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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AlecSchueler ◴[30 Apr 24 21:12 UTC] No.40216414[source]▶
I did this some years ago myself and I want to say the only thing I miss is...agile working! Throw your tomatoes now.

It's fantastic to work in this field and very fulfilling but I consistently find the quality of teamwork and coordination to be much lacking compared to my engineering past. I wish I could sit down with a group of musicians and give them a bunch of Jira tickets to work on for the sprint before the upcoming rehearsal.

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onemoresoop ◴[30 Apr 24 21:18 UTC] No.40216475[source]▶
> I wish I could sit down with a group of musicians and give them a bunch of Jira tickets to work on for the sprint before the upcoming rehearsal.

They'd most likely become your little slaves if you paid them. The reason people put up with such bureaucratic systems and bosses is the pay. And many quit in frustration for lower pay and more freedom.

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1. AlecSchueler ◴[01 May 24 12:32 UTC] No.40222251[source]▶
> They'd most likely become your little slaves if you paid them

That would be great but because most of these people are in the "quit out of frustration for lower pay and more freedom" bracket they're not always so easy to persuade with the carrot of cash. More likely they'll just turn down the project and move onto another.