• Halvdan
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      Those were definitely on the list. As was moving to a hut in the woods and living of the land. :)

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          I saw a documentary of a dude who moved to Alaska and built a hut and lived there for basically the rest of his life. Think he moved up there in like 1930-50 or something. He filmed his life as well. But not everyone will have the skills to do something like that. Inspiring stuff though.

          Edit: don’t try and find it, though. It is too powerful for mere mortals.

        • Halvdan
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          Yeah. Don’t burn yourself out on the job. No one will thank you for it. It can be hard, I still have problems saying no. Go figure.

          • @[email protected]
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            In my time as a sound engineer, I learned to say no. Compared to sound engineering (as in, live sound engineer), being a dev is a walk in the park.

            No more 16 hour work days, no more tours with getting only 6 hours of sleep each night. No stressing out over a technical issue 15 minutes before show time. I could go on and on :P

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              Coming from a job where dev work feels like vacation. Sheesh. Good on you, man.

              Edit: if you are a man. Shouldn’t assume really.

              • @[email protected]
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                32 years ago

                Yes I am a man and yes, dev work feels like a vacation to me. 😅

                But in all honesty, I still do sound engineering but only as a volunteer in a small local venue about twice a month. That’s fun, no stress, just doing things I love to do. Meeting cool people, making sure the crowd enjoys the show. Fun stuff.

                • Halvdan
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                  22 years ago

                  I see what you mean. I can enjoy making smaller scripts and programs to run some electronics projects but going back as a full time Dev would totally suck the fun out of it. And besides, my skills are seriously out-of-date anyway, not to mention 90% forgotten.

                  Using Jerboa to post this and I have definitely made editors that had similar quirks in the past.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    22 years ago

                    Hehehe, I can definitely see what you mean. Doing stuff in your spare time is fun, but the moment it it becomes a “must do” thing… It’s like doing your taxes.

      • rskn
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        This crosses my mind at least a few times a week. Programming is pain.