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Thanks for writing about your experience. It's kind of nice to see some wisdom being dropped about the current/long term affairs of what makes many company expe

Thanks for writing about your experience. It's kind of nice to see some wisdom being dropped about the current/long term affairs of what makes many company experiences very similar. It seems extremely difficult to find something that breaks the mold. And congratulations on retiring! What do you think you'll do now? Given that you're wholly self-taught, I would assume you would dive in to your interests.

cagey 5y ago
Thanks. What do you think you'll do now? Given that you're wholly self-taught, I would assume you would dive in to your interests. I have one personal Open Source project that I will likely continue to slowly enhance (I was its only user, and I used it at work, so less need for enhancement going forward). I have some other stuff (CGI Perl) which I run on my home server, which I'll probably enhance. And a few related things I'm thinking of starting work on (in definition phase right now). All very utilitarian stuff just for me. I've sent (had accepted) a tiny PR or two to a project I used daily, but I doubt I'll get more involved than that. But that's looking at the SW Dev side of my life, which has dominated my time for the past 30-odd years; drawing back from that (continuous learning engagement) while understandable (in the sense that breaking any 30-year-old habit is tough, and if no longer being employed in the sector, what's the point?), makes sense. I need to find other things beyond tech stuff to spend time on; home repair is a probable direction, and auto repair too. I did that stuff to some degree always, but always because I was a cheapskate who objects to paying beaucoup for what I (these days anyone capable of watching Youtube can figure out how to) do, and do to my own satisfaction (perfectionism) level (vs. accepting what a contractor is content to deliver). Besides that (which won't consume much time), traveling (by motor vehicle) the western USA with a lot greater frequency is on my agenda. I'm not sure what else might happen; I'm open to opportunities, but not really to frivolities... fortunately now I'm in no rush to achieve any goal.

cagey 5y ago

Thanks. What do you think you'll do now? Given that you're wholly self-taught, I would assume you would dive in to your interests. I have one personal Open Source project that I will likely continue to slowly enhance (I was its only user, and I used it at work, so less need for enhancement going forward). I have some other stuff (CGI Perl) which I run on my home server, which I'll probably enhance. And a few related things I'm thinking of starting work on (in definition phase right now). All very utilitarian stuff just for me. I've sent (had accepted) a tiny PR or two to a project I used daily, but I doubt I'll get more involved than that. But that's looking at the SW Dev side of my life, which has dominated my time for the past 30-odd years; drawing back from that (continuous learning engagement) while understandable (in the sense that breaking any 30-year-old habit is tough, and if no longer being employed in the sector, what's the point?), makes sense. I need to find other things beyond tech stuff to spend time on; home repair is a probable direction, and auto repair too. I did that stuff to some degree always, but always because I was a cheapskate who objects to paying beaucoup for what I (these days anyone capable of watching Youtube can figure out how to) do, and do to my own satisfaction (perfectionism) level (vs. accepting what a contractor is content to deliver). Besides that (which won't consume much time), traveling (by motor vehicle) the western USA with a lot greater frequency is on my agenda. I'm not sure what else might happen; I'm open to opportunities, but not really to frivolities... fortunately now I'm in no rush to achieve any goal.