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I find it quite interesting that most hacker-type people would like to try out a life without computers and/or with much more physical activity. Someone here sa
by sz4kerto 12y ago
I find it quite interesting that most hacker-type people would like to try out a life without computers and/or with much more physical activity. Someone here said truck driver, someone else said lumberjack -- I searched for 'bicycle messenger', my geek friends usually followed similar patterns.
- VLM 12y agoThe grass is always greener... There is also the stereotypical "startup culture" ageism. Being a military reserves soldier sounded like an adventure when I was 17, but in my 20s it turned into a PITA and I didn't re-enlist. There's a lifestyle difference between "Bye Mom see ya after the deployment" vs "OMG I got a (real) job and house and car and bills and a dog WTF am I going to do now". Aside from attitude, lumberjack sounds physically like fun when you're young and invincible, not so fun in your later years after you've actually cut down some trees. I've wielded a +1 chainsaw of storm recovery a couple times and its not so much fun after the first 12 hours on the job.
- dotmariusz 12y agoWe do have a blacksmith!
- rckclmbr 12y agoI searched for welder, and didn't find anyone :(
- SyncTheory13 12y agoData Analyst now, Firefighter in the future? I'll eventually look into volunteer efforts though...
- gensym 12y agoI searched for police officer and brewmaster. Got no results, but it did suggest a "brand editor".
- dotmariusz 12y agoTry looking for brewer rather than brewmaster. You'll find Marcin. And yes, we know suggestions need some improving.
- gensym 12y agoBrewer! Makes more sense than brewmaster. I assume that dealing with common aliases is on the todo-list. Just the ones for "police officer" could be pages long, and region-dependent.