HN 提问：我应该放弃网页开发，在三十多岁的时候去学医吗？
3 分•作者: lovepuzzles•大约 1 个月前
出于显而易见的原因，这是我的小号。
一段时间以来，我对我的工作感到非常沮丧。我再也无法为我作为一名网页开发者的工作感到自豪了。我不知道这种情况是否会改变。我不禁觉得，很多开发者的工作，无论薪酬高低，在大局观上都有些毫无意义。我很抱歉如此直率：我只是想表达我此刻的想法。我很难看到自己的工作有何用处，这严重影响了我的自我价值感。
这件事已经困扰我到我认真考虑转行的地步了。我反复想到的另一个选择是医学。我渴望从事一份有明确人类目的的工作，我的知识可以直接帮助到别人。我本来就已经在自学和深夜部署之间工作很长时间了。我的一部分想法是，我何不把这些精力转移到一些感觉上能带来净积极影响的事情上呢？然而，我可能正在理想化一个我从未亲身体验过的职业。
如果我年轻一些，我会去做的。但我必须对我的年龄、财务状况以及我已经获得的技能保持现实。我住在一个欧洲国家，医学需要六年的学位，学费本身是可以承受的，但我不知道我是否能负担得起将我的生活暂停这么长时间。
回想起来，我不禁想知道，编程是否真的源于熟悉和恐惧而自我设限。十几岁的时候，我在电脑上花费了大量时间，所以我就是在那个世界里长大的。也许我没有考虑过其他人生道路，从而亏待了自己。与此同时，我越来越觉得与现代网络的走向格格不入，并对其感到失望。人工智能工具是为数不多的亮点之一：ChatGPT 和 Claude 确实改善了我生活的许多方面。
我将非常感谢任何想法或建议。为了我的隐私和福祉，我不会回复评论，但我会阅读并认真考虑所有评论。
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Alt account for obvious reasons.<p>For a while, I’ve been quite demoralized about my job. I just can’t take pride in what I do as a web developer anymore. I don’t know if that will ever change. I can’t help feeling that a lot of dev jobs out there, whether highly or poorly paid, are kind of pointless in the grand scheme of things. I apologize for being so blunt: I just want to convey where my mind is at the moment. I struggle to see my own work as useful, and it’s seriously affecting my self-worth.<p>It’s bothering me to the point where I’m seriously considering a career change. The alternative I keep returning to is medicine. I feel drawn to work with a clear human purpose, in which my knowledge could directly help someone. Between self-study and late-night deployments, I already work long hours anyway. Part of me thinks I might as well redirect that effort toward something that feels like a net positive. However, I may be idealizing a profession I haven’t experienced firsthand.<p>If I were younger, I would go for it. But I have to be realistic about my age, finances, and the skills I’ve already acquired. I live in a European country where medicine is a six-year degree and tuition itself is manageable, but I don’t know if I can afford to put my life on pause for so long.<p>In hindsight, I can’t help but wonder whether coding was really a self-imposed limitation born from familiarity and fear. As a teenager, I spent an awful lot of time on my computer, so I grew up within that world. Maybe I shortchanged myself by not considering other life paths. Meanwhile, I increasingly feel detached from and disappointed by the direction of the modern web. AI tools are one of the few silver linings: ChatGPT and Claude have genuinely improved many parts of my life.<p>I’d be very grateful for any thoughts or advice. For the sake of my privacy and well-being, I won’t be responding to comments, but I will read and carefully consider all of them.