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Nah, not really. I just want to spend more time working on my own projects.
Same, either that or become a beach bum if my wife passes away too soon.
Was working on a PhD in CS focused on industrial cybersecurity, though current events involving the three letter agency that funded my research lead to me crashing out and now I’m trying to get into law school and do immigration law. Far too frail and pasty to buy a farm though
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 .
Fuck no.
The tech worker pipeline:
help desk > sysadmin > CISO > goat farmer
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.
Can confirm.
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.
Honestly it’s just the Internet. Tech is fucking awesome, as long as it’s decoupled from anything and anyone else trying to control, monitor, impose, or otherwise fuck with the tech that’s mine, bought or built fairly. And also the untold psychological torture the Internet is just constantly inflicting on us.
I prefer cabin in the woods, but my paycheck says small house in a shitty neighborhood.
Actually, that cabin may be cheaper. Property is way more expensive in dense areas.
A major reason lots of people move to the country in retirement is because the land is cheaper and.they end up with a bigger house and more land for less than they were paying before because it’s cheaper land with lower property tax.
I plan to open a bar when I stop working in tech. The farm life is not for me, but I love the atmosphere of a good bar.
Agree with the sentiment. Solar and print farms might be part of the picture though.
Farm? I would take a single acre of overgrown wasteland on a former landfill if it was a legal option to live there.
Uhm, why landfill??
Desperation for anything else.
Ahh I seem to have missed that undertone
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.
YES
