I worked on freight and logistics software for 10+ years for a New Zealand based company that has significant operations in USA, Australia, Europe and Asia. (domestic freight/road, air, sea, 3PL)
We were a bespoke software dev shop, and the freight company was our customer.
During my time there we were transitioning to their third “major” version of the software over about 30 years. It was a new system designed to handle the US market, where the customer was a relatively new entrant who had been running off the shelf software for some time.
Due to the way they run their business, with strong P+L requirements down to each individual location/site they had a presence, and even individual trucks operating as separate business units, a lot of what got built was effectively accounting. If this sounds like you, or you use a lot of third party carriers, keep this in mind: tracking freight movements alone isn’t that hard, but you need really strong accounting fundamentals in the system from the get-go to be able to really understand costs in this business. Some off the shelf software doesn’t do this particularly well.
Based on this - my strongest advice would be to choose boring tech (Java or .NET) and recruit specifically for some core developers who have a solid grounding in accounting fundamentals, or do some serious training on this before embarking on the design. You will inevitably end up posting journal entries to your accounting software, so treat cost tracking as a double entry accounting system rather than trying to construct a journal as an output.
The customer is pretty vocal in their annual reports (publicly available as they’re listed) about their successes in IT as well as their business model. They look at having control of their platform “in house” (product ownership in house, outsourced development of their own platform) as a core part of their success.
If you would like to chat, I’m not hard to find - look me up on GitHub, then search my name + New Zealand on Linked In. (My customer is also pretty obvious from there).
This was me a couple of years ago. You have asked for help - that’s a great first step here.
Talk to your doctor. Panic attacks aren’t something you have to just live with. They can often help with a “patch” in the form of anti-anxiety meds.
This will help give you headspace to figure out your next steps.
Moving forward, you need to go for the root cause. The long term “fix” here might be something you have suggested - or it might be something else. For myself, I found that a new company helped a bit (until it didn’t), but the long term fix has been working for myself.
The lifestyle + diet advice can also be helpful. No single person here will have all the answers for you - pick some bits from each and give them a try.
Talk to your friends and family. They can bring some outside perspective to the situation at work which might be helpful.
Tldr: Meds are a good patch that gives you the opportunity to go after the root cause on your own terms.
We were a bespoke software dev shop, and the freight company was our customer.
During my time there we were transitioning to their third “major” version of the software over about 30 years. It was a new system designed to handle the US market, where the customer was a relatively new entrant who had been running off the shelf software for some time.
Due to the way they run their business, with strong P+L requirements down to each individual location/site they had a presence, and even individual trucks operating as separate business units, a lot of what got built was effectively accounting. If this sounds like you, or you use a lot of third party carriers, keep this in mind: tracking freight movements alone isn’t that hard, but you need really strong accounting fundamentals in the system from the get-go to be able to really understand costs in this business. Some off the shelf software doesn’t do this particularly well.
Based on this - my strongest advice would be to choose boring tech (Java or .NET) and recruit specifically for some core developers who have a solid grounding in accounting fundamentals, or do some serious training on this before embarking on the design. You will inevitably end up posting journal entries to your accounting software, so treat cost tracking as a double entry accounting system rather than trying to construct a journal as an output.
The customer is pretty vocal in their annual reports (publicly available as they’re listed) about their successes in IT as well as their business model. They look at having control of their platform “in house” (product ownership in house, outsourced development of their own platform) as a core part of their success.
If you would like to chat, I’m not hard to find - look me up on GitHub, then search my name + New Zealand on Linked In. (My customer is also pretty obvious from there).