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I also spent a good amount of time on the farm. I sit here, a successful tech entrepreneur that now never has to work again after an exit. I achieved my life
by kross 11y ago
I also spent a good amount of time on the farm. I sit here, a successful tech entrepreneur that now never has to work again after an exit. I achieved my life goals (at least the ones I set in my twenties). I took time off to break the need to work, then once again I'm on a new adventure starting a new tech company. I really enjoy my daily tech challenges, but how many lifetime memories have I made in my tech career? I'm not so sure, but it doesn't compare to my childhood and college years. This article is a good reminder that we need to connect with life.
- hotterpop 11y agoI've thought about this a lot. I'm not a tech billionaire or anything, but I make pretty decent money for being a year out of college. My parents always had a large garden when I was growing up, roughly a half acre, and we kept an assortment of birds and other production animals. I don't think I could ever commit myself to being a full time farmer- not being able to take a break would kill me. That said, there's a lot you can do when you work from home and have a little land. You can cram an incredible amount of growth into a half acre plot, or even a quarter acre- there are a lot of microgardeners in Seattle that work full time jobs and make gardening their passion. Myself, I'd like to have a couple acres to work with, and try to eliminate as much of the grocery store from my diet as I can. A life without fresh vegetables isn't a life to me, and I can't imagine raising my children without the company of animals.