I hate my internship
Hi everyone,
I am coming to realize that I absolutely hate software engineering. I didn't mind my projects in school as much, I think, because it wasn't all I was doing. I always had other assignments and classes that were less coding-based. Stupid, I know. I just finished my junior year in college, for reference.
But now that I'm doing this day in and day out at my internship, I realized that I hate it so much. It just feels so small and like I'm fighting with small details all day. Never mind the fact that other engineers on my team are literally generating their code with AI, I don't feel good about going into this field at all. I literally come home from work and cry every day, I know that sounds stupid/dramatic, but sitting quietly at my desk for 8 hours every day writing code is genuinely affecting my quality of life, and I can't do this for the rest of my life.
I want to pivot out of this. Maybe go into technical sales or marketing. I think I would enjoy that sort of work more since it is much more people-oriented. Im not even sure because I've never worked that sort of job before. I also feel like technical sales/marketing is safer from AI taking over those jobs? IDK, I'm not sure of anything.
And how could I even pivot into that? My resume is very software engineering-oriented so it will be difficult to break into that industry. I am a rising senior, so I would be looking for full-time. Any advice is appreciated