Monetary compensation is only a small fraction of job satisfaction. I had spent nearly 3 decades in emergency room nursing (as well as my year as a medic in Vietnam) and the emotional reward in guiding patients and their families through the end-of-life journey was way more rewarding than a "successful" cardiac arrest resuscitation (rare…
Monetary compensation is only a small fraction of job satisfaction. I had spent nearly 3 decades in emergency room nursing (as well as my year as a medic in Vietnam) and the emotional reward in guiding patients and their families through the end-of-life journey was way more rewarding than a "successful" cardiac arrest resuscitation (rare, even in the best of circumstances). I was paid well and fairly as an RN, just not as much as writing code did. Kinda hard to get a hug and a heartfelt thanks from a few lines of program code. All the thanks I got from patients during 30 years in the ER paled in comparison those I received in 7+ years in hospice. That, and I met the best friend I have (aside from my wife) at my final place of employment.
Monetary compensation is only a small fraction of job satisfaction. I had spent nearly 3 decades in emergency room nursing (as well as my year as a medic in Vietnam) and the emotional reward in guiding patients and their families through the end-of-life journey was way more rewarding than a "successful" cardiac arrest resuscitation (rare, even in the best of circumstances). I was paid well and fairly as an RN, just not as much as writing code did. Kinda hard to get a hug and a heartfelt thanks from a few lines of program code. All the thanks I got from patients during 30 years in the ER paled in comparison those I received in 7+ years in hospice. That, and I met the best friend I have (aside from my wife) at my final place of employment.
That's why.
Cool. Thx. Glad it worked out well for you.