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I've been here forever. I'm glad some of you put up with me. I'm pretty lonely, and this is my only social outlet. I have had many careers. I've gone to Chi
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
I've been here forever.
I'm glad some of you put up with me. I'm pretty lonely, and this is my only social outlet.
I have had many careers.
I've gone to Chiropractic School until I realized it was basically Placebo.
I've been a Electrician. I've been a telecommunications guy. I've been a state security guard. I've been a Mechanic whom specialized in electrical problems. I had a used car lot. I was even a Realator for three days. I've been a General Contractor. I sold nuts, and candy to convince stores. I also worked in a rare book shop, as a partner. I am now a Watchmaker. I have never employed more than two people though.
I have always been interested in Electronics, and Computing, and have a Bachelor's degree in Businees Administration.(which was a joke.) I bought my Atari 1040st in college, but told no one because I felt like I was cheating. (I used it for word processing basically.)
I also had a nervous breakdown in the late 80's, and if not getting lucky with Amazon stock; I would be homeless right now.
I am not a developer. I have a few websites, and use ROR, and Javascript a fair amount.
To the the question is what can I add? Not much--
I have had a lot of jobs, and many were terrible low wage jobs. I know what it feels like to be poor, and overworked with no future.
I have had older (40-50 ish) friends who were Programmers, and if they were offered the luxury of learning a new language/platform, they would have been all over it.
I can't imagine anyone turning down a four day work week. My goodness that extra day of learning/relaxing, or planning for a new career, or same one seems like it would be great?
- _benj 5y agoputting up with you? nah, I'm glad you are here! HN can sometimes sound like an echo chamber. I hear you, I've been through a few careers myself before landing on software engineering, but at the end of the day I've come to realize that there's no heaven in this earth and software engineering is certainly not one. For me is more like what I do for a living, but definitively not my life (although some employers would like it to be) About adding, come on, having a different and varied perspective in invaluable to the community. Again, glad you are here sir and if there's something you think a software engineer can help you with shot me a message, email on the profile.
- Hydraulix989 5y agoYour unique perspective alone is something you add. Thanks for sticking around!