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Yep, was working as a PM in London then lockdown hit and I decided it was a good time to retrain as an engineer and luckily my wife wanted to move out too. I n

Yep, was working as a PM in London then lockdown hit and I decided it was a good time to retrain as an engineer and luckily my wife wanted to move out too. I now live in West Sussex (1 1/2 hours from London), surrounded by fields, I walk my dog in nature every morning, I see a kingfisher once or twice a week, I chop wood for exercise, go on hikes with my wife and sometimes oil paint outside. I work completely remotely as a dev, work 4 days a week and we're about to have a baby. I've also heavily cut down on Twitter, I rarely have any meetings, my life is as simple as I want it to be and I couldd't be happier.

baal80spam 4y ago
Your life sounds really pleasant, serene even. Congratulations!
- jack_riminton 4y ago
  It doesn't come without tradeoffs though. I did an MBA and now work as fairly junior dev at age 37. If you're interested in social status, impressing the in-laws or having a lot of disposable income then this isn't for you :) Luckily I couldn't give two flips. I now almost don't understand any tradeoff that makes quality of life worse, quality of life is everything. Luckily I live in the UK so I don't really have to worry about medical costs, education or childcare costs for kids since I have family nearby to look after them