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I am a semi-professional carpenter and wood carver - much better field to work in than frontend development.

• onemoresoop 8y ago
  Your tools are for you to keep and the gratification you get when you finish something from a to z are something we lack in this IT industry.
  • debaserab2 8y ago
    Personally, I get a lot of gratification seeing customers use the code I produced. If you don't get gratification from the output of your work as a software developer, why do you continue to do it?
    • Fwirt 8y ago
      Probably necessity. It pays the bills relatively easily, and if you live anywhere in an urban area (that doesn't have hackerspaces/shared workspaces readily available) it's going to be hard to find a place to practice a craft like woodworking when software development barely pays the rent on a small apartment. Now if you happen to have a garage or access to a place with tools/equipment, working with your hands is immensely satisfying. But electrons and magnetic domains take up very little space and really only require the purchase of one modestly priced power tool to work with.