New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- A software professional with seven years of experience has turned to Reddit to ask a question that many technology workers may recognise: what comes after a career in IT when keeping up with the industry begins to feel unbearable?

In a post on the developers' subreddit titled "Wanna leave IT and do something else, what do you guys suggest?", the professional described growing exhaustion with constant upskilling, expanding responsibilities and management expectations. He also believed all of it had become increasingly difficult to meet since artificial intelligence entered the workplace.

"I want to just leave IT and do something else," he wrote, explaining that the pace of technological change had made it difficult ...