Few reasons why I left:
- Wanted to try something different.
- Incompetent management (Biggest reason), and politics at the workplaces.
- I am not good at expressing my self. Not good at kissing asses. Political correctness and all the stuff/
- Getting old (40)
- Single earner in the bay area with family. I couldn't afford a house in the area that I was living in. I didn't want to drive far for a job. I had the money for a downpayment, but paying $4000-6000 in a mortgage + taxes seems scary. I end up buying a rental property.
- The majority of the family is in the east coast.
So far, no regrets. I am not sure how this COVID-19 will affect the future.
I love writing frontend code (don't like react or other frameworks). Whenever I am bored/feeling down, I write code. I write my own utilities that I needed to get stuff done for my business. I was using JS for theming in one of my 5 years old PWA. Yesterday, I updated to CSS variables.
After all, technology is the future. Not sure any better place then hacker news.