--- title: What will you do after tech? | daily.dev description: A discussion forum thread explores what tech workers plan to do after leaving the industry, whether through retirement or burnout-driven career change.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-will-you-do-after-tech--g8jps2tku twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What will you do after tech? | daily.dev og:description: A discussion forum thread explores what tech workers plan to do after leaving the industry, whether through retirement or burnout-driven career change.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-will-you-do-after-tech--g8jps2tku og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/G8jPs2TkU.png og:image:alt: What will you do after tech? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What will you do after tech? **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A discussion forum thread explores what tech workers plan to do after leaving the industry, whether through retirement or burnout-driven career change. Commenters share diverse plans including open source contribution, teaching, farming (alpacas, scallops), real estate, art, consulting, and volunteering. Recurring themes include burnout from non-technical aspects of tech jobs (meetings, agile process), age discrimination in hiring, anxiety about AI's impact on job security and skill relevance, and disillusionment with tech industry culture and leadership. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Do I belong in tech anymore?](https://daily.dev/posts/do-i-belong-in-tech-anymore--uwfnvpi9x) · Lobsters · 53 upvotes · 17 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-will-you-do-after-tech--g8jps2tku) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What will you do after tech?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-will-you-do-after-tech--g8jps2tku","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-will-you-do-after-tech--g8jps2tku"},"datePublished":"2026-09-03T02:44:32.121Z","dateModified":"2026-09-03T02:56:05.019Z","description":"A discussion forum thread explores what tech workers plan to do after leaving the industry, whether through retirement or burnout-driven career change....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-will-you-do-after-tech--g8jps2tku","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"career,work-life-balance","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What will you do after tech?"}]} ```