Increasingly looking like my decision to give up bootcamping myself into a coastal tech job and come back home to the midwest and work in a factory was the correct choice long term. Plenty of job security with all the onshoring happening. Ironically I'd be worried if I was in tech about the WFH trend and out of touch entitlement of the zoom class bringing about outsourcing again. Oh and the funny money ponzi scheme collapsing + that whole ageism thing..
I worked in steel plants for 7 years before becoming a software engineer. Making the switch was the best professional decision I've made. Steel is cyclical so it was so stressful when times were bad -- I survived 4 mass layoffs. There's also the constant penny pinching in every possible way, even to the point of removing the free coffee from break rooms.
Now my salary is significantly higher and I deal with significantly less BS
