I am no longer paid to build software. I was a SWE for 15 years at things from startup to a FAANG. Not I teach high school CS. I build software anyway. Toda

I am no longer paid to build software. I was a SWE for 15 years at things from startup to a FAANG. Not I teach high school CS. I build software anyway. Today I automated a workflow to turn zettlerkasten lesson plans into PDFs and post them to Google Classroom. I’m also upgrading the school timetable to sync everything (schools have lots of proprietary tools with their calendars) to Outlook. In class I wrote a one page Huffman encoder with my pupils. We also turned a binary tree into ascii art. I showed another class the mypy typechecker. Then I came home and put a final coat of Osmo 425 UV oil on my 100” garden dining table, and spent two hours designing a hardwood gazebo in the style of a mini English barn (crucks, beams, etc.) I told my partner about this thread and she said maybe I could become a commercial carpenter. The idea of having to do this for money made my heart sink. No thanks!