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Can confirm. Left my job in the software industry with no plans to return. Everyone asks how my break is going and I say “fine”, but I’m retired at 40. The ide
by blobbers 5y ago
Can confirm. Left my job in the software industry with no plans to return. Everyone asks how my break is going and I say “fine”, but I’m retired at 40.
The idea of being back at work in some 9-5 or 8-6 where my brain is still trying to solve the problems of the day as I lie in bed are over. Certainly a lot of parents can sympathize with the itch of “if I can get the kids to sleep I can get a few more hours in”. No more of that. I can finally be present. I’m done competing with smart people who have no kids, and an industry that expects workaholics.
- ornornor 5y agoI envy you. I love programming but I hate doing it for a living. The minute I can afford it, I’ll quit and never go back.
- nicbou 5y agoWhen I stopped doing it for a living, I started enjoying programming again. Now I build dumb things for my own pleasure, and it's great.
- ornornor 5y agoUnfortunately, I don’t have any other skills that could earn me anywhere near as much as software. What do you do for money now?
- nicbou 5y agoI run a website that helps people settle in Germany. It doesn't need to pay as much as software dev, so long as I can enjoy a more peaceful lifestyle.