Weird choice of pic for this post. That’s a mountain lake. Terrible place for a farm, even if one was for sale and you could afford it.
Anyone in tech confirm?
Submitted 4 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to memes@sopuli.xyz
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ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
it’s a tree farm
ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
…terrible place for a tree farm.
Willem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
It is actually a screenshot from the movie oblivion , so in the context of getting away from computers and the movie it kinda makes sense. But yeah the farm part less so. Side note, if you have not seen oblivion, go watch it. It has an excellent soundtrack by M83
melfie@lemy.lol 3 months ago
I work in tech and a lot of my interests are geared around computers. I have other interests as well, and also enjoy being outdoors, but can’t imagine never wanting to see a computer again.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Best I could do is maybe never wanting internet again.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It was a thing in Ukraine during the 2020-2021 boom. the sheer amount of engineers who saved up enough money to buy a house in the nearby village communities before the 2022 invasion was legit insane. part of that was remote work, part of that was interest in growing your own things. i remember talking to one NLP engineer who legit planned an apple garden and wanted to transition into that business domain over time. in some other cases, folks wanted to have self-reliant sustainability (yeah, we kinda had doomsday preppers).
0oWow@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Especially when having to deal with Microsoft.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 months ago
Can confirm 100.42%
dragnucs@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Everyone, in tech, from different cultures, different backgrounds, will have this urge, myself included. Had this discussion many times with different coworkers.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 months ago
It’s not just tech workers. More people are going back to retro tech. Physical media instead of streaming, one device one function no internet, that kind of thing.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 months ago
100%. I just talked about buying a farm to my colleagues yesterday, and I’m not making this up.
nonentity@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
30+ years experience with computing, and I hate them.
They only ever do what you tell them to, and they’re not even doing that anymore.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
I don’t want any sort of device or appliance in my home that requires an internet connection that doesn’t get a long time of security updates. My old printer died and they’re so bad now I just don’t have one. I’m going back to a dumb flip phone because this one’s battery s dying. I use everything I can without spending money because I’ve never had a lot to spend to try and maintain my privacy. I keep spam email for the random site that wants you to enter one. The IoT is cancerous, it creates huge security holes because these appliance manufacturers don’t care about security one iota. I have worked in IT for 15 years professionally with over that personal experience. I hate what the internet has become, I want something more akin to the 2000s back or at least the scrubbing of corporate mandates cut out. It’s actually more dangerous to be on it because of advertisements. I would still have internet and gaming PCs regardless, but I want tech that’s basic and functional.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I print at the library. Far better.
Phegan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I dream of quitting my job owning a game every day. Been in tech for 20 years. Would likely still have a gaming rig, but if I could never work on software again, and could sustain myself and my family, I would take that in a heart beat.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 months ago
When I started my career in IT I consciously started keeping a variety of backup careers in mind, and I intentionally keep my expenses where I could simply swap careers and make it all work financially.
Probably my most viable backup plan is to move into banking or finance. Decent money available there, still tickles the part of my brain that loves understanding numbers and processes while also working my brain entirely differently than troubleshooting network problems. Data science, HIT and HRIT are also options in considering if I want to stay in the realm of IT, but that depends on how burnt out I get really
In my personal life I’ve been picking up more off-screen hobbies to help stave off burnout among other reasons. I’m hoping career-wise I can promote myself into management before I get too burnt out, but you never know
wampus@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Yep. I’ve middle aged coworkers who are saying quite emphatically that they can’t imagine retiring in tech – they know they’ll need to move to another industry well before retirement, in part because of AI reducing the need for certain skillsets. They also know they’re too old to be considered a ‘good hire’ due to ageism in tech. Most seem to have made plans to try and move on to something relatively low skill for the last part of their working lives. I know one of their plans is to do a food truck.
Hule@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have a younger wife still working, I’m tending to my small farm. But it’s nowhere near profitable. Just really nice on my brain.
Jhuskindle@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I work I tech and have a small nature sanctuary. Why not both? We get high speed internet out here now 🤣
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Worked in tech for 18 years, now I fix rust old cars and try not to touch computers beyond looking up wiring diagrams and replacement parts.
Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Agree with the sentiment. Solar and print farms might be part of the picture though.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I disagree. 20 plus years in tech. Never wanted a farm, and I still love tech.
mrmanager@lemmy.today 3 months ago
Yeah. But I think most of us would only last 2 days on a farm, and then come screaming back to comfortable office life.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Stardew Valley in a nutshell
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 months 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 3 months ago
Fuck no.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
True. I am eyeing woodworking more every day.
Zink@programming.dev 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago
Tech workers is like the majority of fediverse.
paequ2@lemmy.today 3 months ago
YES
thefluffiest@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Yep, absolutely
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months 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.
jcs@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is so true!
I grew up in a low-net-worth family, working on a farm that has been in our hands since 1873. I worked 3 jobs while studying my butt off, and eventually got a degree in Electrical Engineering with a Computer Science minor. I was recruited into various government programs and defense contracting companies, made my way to consumer electronics and medical device companies, then finally free- and open-source hardware/software. I now gratefully hold a very prestigious position while living full-time in my RV while prepping a fully self-sustainable homestead back on my family’s ranch.
There is no substitute for the beauty of nature in the small amount of time we’re able to appreciate it.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have dreamed of this life since before I was in tech.
I was born in a passive-solar, earth-sheltered house that my dad designed and built himself. Instead of a stack of Playboys he had Mother Earth News in the back of the closet. My parents owned one of the first Priuseseses in the US.
For a wonderful few years I had this life. I raised pigs and chickens and managed my property. I got into the best shape of my life, physically and mentally, and just stepping out of my front door made me feel more alive than I’ve felt since I had to move back to the burbs. (I don’t think people realize how little oxygen they get in urban and suburban environments.)
Though I am stuck in the suburbs for now I am determined to get back to that. I would rather wake up to a hungry pig tearing apart its enclosure than to another fucking meeting.
abaddon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The problem with tech is that you aren’t usually doing the thing that made you want to go into tech. For me this was creating things and solving interesting problems. Most of my days are meetings, dealing with clueless people and having to deal with leadership and product team changes that ruin already completed work. Thankfully being at large tech companies has enabled me to hopefully retire in my early 40s. I can then continue with tech in a way that is meaningful to me while also spending a lot more time outside. The PNW is beautiful and I intend to see much more of it .