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Welding sounds pretty good after a career doing software. I mostly like the idea of it as a means to an end. Not so much a way to make money working on traile
by PorterDuff 7y ago
Welding sounds pretty good after a career doing software.
I mostly like the idea of it as a means to an end. Not so much a way to make money working on trailer hitches but as a necessary skill for a race car fabricator or artist.
Truth is, we should probably all start over every decade or so. It's impractical, but you'd go to your grave with a more interesting resume.
- dahart 7y agoI'd love to explore other lives, and I sort-of have. But with a family, the reality of our economy is that there isn't any support for that. Just throwing away good medical insurance is enough to stop most people. I know from experience it only takes starting over and going broke once to really regret ever thinking it was a good idea and romanticizing how "interesting" you are. I speculate based on extrapolating my experience that you probably get more time to learn how to weld race cars and art as a software engineer than you ever would as a welder.