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as heartbreaking as it's been to realize that i no longer love the thing that used to bring me so much joy, i've found a lot of pleasure in more physical pursui
by GuinansEyebrows 11mo ago
as heartbreaking as it's been to realize that i no longer love the thing that used to bring me so much joy, i've found a lot of pleasure in more physical pursuits.
i picked up sewing (messenger bags, backpacks etc) with an industrial sewing machine - it's a real rabbit hole but i get a real, tangible reward for my hard work (something besides "hey cool, the blinkenlights do the thing now"). it's pretty amazing to assemble a physical good and then use it on a daily basis, and i've gotten to the point where i've even made bags for others who like my stuff.
it's not going to replace my tech career as far as paying the bills, but i get to use a lot of the same abstract mental tools (design, iteration, experimentation, learning from others and disassembling/reassembling things to learn how they work).
- jf22 11mo agoIt's funny every time there is some corporate team building session or whatever and the question is asked "what do you want to do when you retire?" every developer always suggests doing something more tangible. Nobody ever says I want to spend more time behind the computer.
- GuinansEyebrows 11mo agoi'm not going to lie; learning to sew has me wanting to buy a table saw and learn how to build cabinets for a living.
- jf22 11mo agoTable saws seem too dangerous for me but a track saw would work too! I think I'm going to go paint lines in parking lots.
- paulcole 11mo agoI mean it’s right there for you to do it. Your actions will tell you how much you really want to do it.
- GuinansEyebrows 11mo agoi'll be sure to let you know how it goes.
- Gooblebrai 11mo agoReasonable. You could get the answer of "being on the computer" by asking to the people that don't spend 20 years of their career on it
- paulcole 11mo agoEver heard of the grass is always greener?