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> Now I'm a truck driver. […] I actually kinda miss fiddling. What did you do before and why did you become a truck driver, if I may ask?

• a3n 5y ago
  Originally SW dev, most recently SWQA. I rage quit my last job over a conflict with a dev manager. No one else was interested in me. Been driving three years and change. I mostly like it. I've never had a meeting, standup or otherwise. I miss my couch, weekends and the money. But it's pretty low stress. No SO, and my son is grown.
  • codethief 5y ago
    Wow, that's quite a career change! Thanks for the insight! Personally, the one thing that saved me from going crazy during the pandemic were precisely those standup meetings (via Zoom) – otherwise I probably wouldn't have had any human interaction for months. But I suppose it all depends on who your colleagues are.
    • Eldt 5y ago
      You don't have family or friends to talk to?
      • codethief 5y ago
        Yes, I do. But I happened to be in a rather lonely place (geographically) right when the pandemic hit. So outside of Zoom and telephone calls with my family and friends every other night, I wouldn't really have talked to anyone, had it not been for work.