A tech job to fund a pivot into ranching sounds like a fun plan
Anyone in tech confirm?
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FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 day ago
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Sort of
I still love open source software and tinkering and building my own software
Anything closed source can go pound a bag of dicks
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Fuck no.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
True. I am eyeing woodworking more every day.
Zink@programming.dev 1 day ago
Go for it.
I got heavy into carpentry this year because another one of my hobbies involved a bunch of construction.
Working with wood is satisfying as hell. So is building the exact thing you need that isn’t a product sold anywhere.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I am in a way working on making this a second source of income.
But not there yet to give up IT work.
renlok@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t even work in tech but I want this more and more each, I blame it on society getter consistently worse each year.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Tech workers is like the majority of fediverse.
major_briggs@lemmy.world 1 day ago
True for me.
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Meh.
If you’re in a toxic workplace, sure. If you’re in a workplace that lets you have fun with your work, learn, discover new things and tinker - the 9000th day is exactly as exciting as the 9th day on the job.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think it has more to do with maturing with age rather than the tech itself. At least in my case. And I don’t really want a farm. But living in the wild is pretty cool and calming.
paequ2@lemmy.today 2 days ago
YES
thefluffiest@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Yep, absolutely
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Confirmed.
I’m halfway there having a farm but still required to have a tech job to sustain life.
Hoping to retire in 3-4 years though and after that I’m getting say in to growing my own food.
artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Andre Staltz, who developed manyverse, posted recently showing himself working in construction bsky.app/profile/staltz.com/post/3m6qwv56xyc2v
I think he is still coding too, but it is cool to see how people balance it out.
toynbee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Alphonsus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It amuse me how people in Tech always say funny things about Tech 🤭🤭🤭
PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s sad how integrated with tech that farming has become.
arendjr@programming.dev 1 day ago
That’s entirely a choice. I am connected to a local vegetable farm run by two farmers who grow everything organically. They run a little circular business as they’re also connected to an educational/kid-friendly animal farm, they sponsor a public fruit path through their own work, and then they partner with local shops as well.
Me and my son go there almost every week to pick fresh veggies, and we just pay directly to the farmers. But yeah, the payment is digital…
PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The crops or the massive farms around me have so much cool tech out in the field. Love watching the helicopters cropdust the fields in the early morning on the coast. Beautiful stuff.
hamid@crazypeople.online 1 day ago
Nah, I just want to retire not live on a farm. The last place I’d ever want to live on this earth is a rural community, I’ve tried. It is terrible.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
ngl, i thought about becoming a farmer, but i value living in a society above living on a farm, though both are actually important to me.
the thing is to be a farmer in today’s economy is close to impossible, and also i lack experience and equipment.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Farm? I would take a single acre of overgrown wasteland on a former landfill if it was a legal option to live there.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Absolutely not. Farming isn’t anywhere as romantic as those city slickers think. I’d certainly like to get off the hamster wheel but shovelling manure isn’t anywhere on the list if things I’d rather do instead.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
This doesn’t say farming, it says get a farm.
Sure it would suck if you’re farming to sell the goods, but if you just want some land and some animals for yourself, much more manageable.
lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
buy the farm Slang To die, especially suddenly or violently.
Yeah, sure, I guess…
ashughes@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Can confirm.
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
No, I really can’t.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Neither can I.
If I wanted to live on a farm, I wouldn’t need to move more than a few miles.
But why would I want to change to a career that does not generate income and requires I work every single day all day?
Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Somewhat - I still have a softspot for my ROG Ally and IPad for reading, but yes I would like to have the option of engaging in tech when I want and not be forced to because of survival
RacerX@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Not a farm, but I’d like to open a coffee shop or bistro type place someday. The kind of place where people in my neighborhood can meet up to chat and grab a really good sandwich, not just stare at their laptops.
leds@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Can confirm , bought farm. No sewage , no water. (But fibre internet)
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I work in tech and long for something like this, sadly I got in very late in life and will never earn enough. I could change companies to max my earnings but honestly where I work now is 33 hours a week and incredibly flexible and manage my neurodivergence very well.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I have worked in tech since 2011 and I’m definitely looking for a way out. Don’t think I’m cut out for farming though.
iamericandre@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve always wanted to leave tech and become a noat mechanic but yeah same deal
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m retiring from an IT position with a public college at the end of the month. I sure AF don’t plan on doing any programming for shits ‘n’ giggles.