# The Day I Leave the Tech Industry

DevFeed: [The Day I Leave the Tech Industry](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-day-i-leave-the-tech-industry-35204.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/the-day-i-leave-the-tech-industry/>)

Published: 2016-08-19T15:09:26Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jessie Frazelle](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jessie-frazelle.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [industry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/industry.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [opinions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinions.md>), [tech-industry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-industry.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece about contemplating a future departure from the tech industry. The author describes possible paths afterward, including teaching mathematics, writing a book, and playing professional poker, while expressing a present desire to encourage more women to contribute to open source software.

## Source excerpt

I was inspired last night by Cate Huston's post, The Day I Leave the Tech Industry. I decided to write my own, except I'm not as eloquent a writer as Cate so before I go any further please, please, please read her post and not mine. Mine is going to be a bit different. Lately I've been thinking more and more about this. It seems imminent. I'm only 27 and let me repeat: it seems imminent. I'm going to tell you all the fantasy that plays in my brain for when this happens. The day I leave the tech industry will feel like a giant weight has finally been lifted. It will be freeing. There are a few scenarios I've played out for what I will do after. teach math in a third world country write a book play professional poker I could do all three. One thing is for sure though, the day I leave the tech industry will be the day I contribute my last piece of code to open source software. Today, I am not quite ready to give up this thing I have such a "hate/love" relationship with. Today, I want to get more women contributing so that maybe in the distant future we will feel welcome. Maybe we won't have to fight so hard just to be heard; to have our opinions matter. Today is not my last day in the tech industry. But it is comforting to me to plan out this very real future. I am not just "the container girl". I am a human being with feelings, a limit, and a future outside of tech.