Reading a lot about economic slowdown, it seems there are few companies who already started laying off people. Java programmers are also not going to be spared by brutal economic slowdown. I was thinking what would a Java programmer do if economy slows down more and there is not a software job to do. Then I thought I am good for nothing these days, I remember the days in college when I started coding in Pascal and was really content while wrote a small game of Tetris with my friend. That game always used to crash in between with an error called Heap Overflow Error, I never understood why that error was coming. I hated that error but had little time in the semester and had to move on the other languages for their share. I never saw that error in my programming life again. After so many great improvements in new application programming languages it was less headache for the programmers. Well, yes less headache means less efforts but now it seems I will never be comfortable writing a code on languages like Pascal. Who cares? and Why should I?
I get a feeling, now I am programming in a air conditioned room for last 7 years and I have become good for nothing. What if I need to go back and start working under the sun for 2 hours, huh...it gets impossible, I cant even stand the heat. What if I need to walk for 2 miles and there is not Google map for directions? I have become to technology dependant that now I will not be able to do anything other than coding in Java.
What should be the alternate career option for a Java programmer?
Am I the only one in Java world who has got this feeling? or there are more geeks feeling good for nothing like me?
Now I realize why our Tetris program was giving Heap Overflow Error, I guess RAM was was trying to lay off a few useless guys from it but they were good for nothing like me and everything was overflowing, program crashed just like a bankruptcy. (I know it doesn't make any sense....)
At this point in life again I am getting the same Heap Overflow Error in my brain, where my thoughts are overflowing with all negative vibes about bad economic conditions. Why cant I overcome these heap overflow errors?
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Being in technology business gives us a "I-am-good-for-nothing" feeling once in a while :-) You being in Java reasons for such a feeling is competitively less. You can now plan either to sit in your manager's chair, or change to another technology, or take a long breathe and spend some time on advanced concepts in your current tech. But at the end its the 'economy' which sustains IT. Keep the fingers crossed.
Even I got this kinda feeling lots of time in my career, so nothing abnormal. now Looking at the kind of financial crisis for all businesses, it make me worry. How would It survive if financial giants like lehman bro couldnt stand this slowdown.
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