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I second this. The longer I work in tech, the more I want to jump ship and work the land instead.
by avenius 9y ago
I second this. The longer I work in tech, the more I want to jump ship and work the land instead.
- ionised 9y agoI don't necessarily want to leave tech, but I would prefer to work on my own projects or at least for something open-source, free and positive.
- justaguyhere 9y agoI guess there are lots of opportunities to build software outside of the 20s, 30s well to do crowd. Like for old people, poor people, disabled people and so on. If money is taken out of the equation, lots of areas where software can make genuine positive difference in people's lives
- jrochkind1 9y agoThe problem is paying your own rent when money is taking out of the equation!
- jrochkind1 9y agoI actually still have a flip phone! (Although I also have a 3G iPad, which I don't carry with me daily, but put in a bag when needed). People are like "How can you be a software engineer and not have a smart phone?" I'm like "I think that's probably _why_ I have a flip phone!".