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Discussion on: Most Software Developers Are Depressed

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Nik

Well I am unhappy due to a simple problem, my parents don't support what I am doing. Neither they support me doing programming nor they allow me to.
They are like in my country no one can't be successful without education. They are like learning programming is useless. Use that time for studies and get a high paying job. Dreams can't be made possible in my country

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Lucius Emmanuel Emmaccen

This is a tough situation and I can say I understand you to some extent.

I might not be in the best place to advise on this because I don’t know how you really feel but here’s what I would do:

If they want you to “study/go-to-school” that’s totally fine, the beauty of this profession is that you can study and still learn software engineering or code etc

Education is great to have and has no disadvantages

Moreover

it’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it

So I’d say, please be happy, don’t let that get you down.
You can totally code/do tech in your free time

Chances are, when you start making bags 💰 in tech, they’ll change their perception about the idea 💡