Electrician. Yeah working in the physical world was another aspect of the decision, I’ve been taking labouring jobs in the mean time and it’s much more social,

Electrician. Yeah working in the physical world was another aspect of the decision, I’ve been taking labouring jobs in the mean time and it’s much more social, makes me much more fit and is much more satisfying. The other comments in this thread involve piling on a second job or getting deep in a hobby, which ate up the rest of my time and never quite worked. This comment by Xenophon summed up programming for me, even though I still enjoy it: ‘Men do indeed speak ill of those occupations which are called handicrafts, and they are rightly held of little repute in communities, because they weaken the bodies of those who make their living at them by compelling them to sit and pass their days indoors. Some indeed work all the time by a fire. But when the body becomes effeminate (thelunomenos) the mind too is debilitated. Besides, these mechanical occupations (banausos) leave a man no leisure to attend to his friends' interests, or the public interest. This class therefore cannot be of much use to his friends or defend his country. Indeed, some states, especially the most warlike, do not allow a citizen to engage in these handicraft occupations.’