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what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore?

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  • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

    what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

    asking for a friend

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    vegard@mastodon.social
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    @q3k avocado farming

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    • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

      what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

      asking for a friend

      riley@toot.catR This user is from outside of this forum
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      @q3k Perhaps get into Consciously Prosocial Tech? Dig up the old People's Computer Company materials, and try to revitalise the old principles with the new tools that have been developed in the half a century since then?

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      • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

        what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

        asking for a friend

        domi@donotsta.reD This user is from outside of this forum
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        @q3k@hackerspace.pl i have a surprising amount of friends asking the same question... ,_,

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        • domi@donotsta.reD domi@donotsta.re

          @q3k@hackerspace.pl i have a surprising amount of friends asking the same question... ,_,

          jn@boopsnoot.deJ This user is from outside of this forum
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          @domi @q3k i saw a job listing at a rug cleaning company a while ago, which got me rather tempted

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          • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

            what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

            asking for a friend

            whitequark@social.treehouse.systemsW This user is from outside of this forum
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            @q3k considering how much of a shithead the guy who famously opened a bar to do this is today, i'm not sure that's an improvement for anybody other than you

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            • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

              what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

              asking for a friend

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              @q3k Running a bar (pub?) is very hard work. I've learned a lot about it because of a program I wrote to help running them. Edge cases upon edge cases. And in the morning you have to clean up after the customers who wrecked the place. But I know a lawyer who works behind the bar once a week. For fun. This looks like a good work-life balance.

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              • jn@boopsnoot.deJ jn@boopsnoot.de

                @domi @q3k i saw a job listing at a rug cleaning company a while ago, which got me rather tempted

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                @jn @domi @q3k pretty sure if I would go "screw this, I'm out", I would go into dressmaking. That was my childhood dream (shout-out to my mom's soviet-era sewing machine, that thing was a tank) until capitalism made me realize it wasn't a profitable business model
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                • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

                  what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

                  asking for a friend

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                  @q3k sheep farm, from what I heard

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                  • szescstopni@circumstances.runS szescstopni@circumstances.run

                    @q3k Running a bar (pub?) is very hard work. I've learned a lot about it because of a program I wrote to help running them. Edge cases upon edge cases. And in the morning you have to clean up after the customers who wrecked the place. But I know a lawyer who works behind the bar once a week. For fun. This looks like a good work-life balance.

                    riley@toot.catR This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @Szescstopni Btw, some people can find it easier to clean up after the unruly customers in the evenings rather than mornings.

                    @q3k

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                    • whitequark@social.treehouse.systemsW whitequark@social.treehouse.systems

                      @q3k considering how much of a shithead the guy who famously opened a bar to do this is today, i'm not sure that's an improvement for anybody other than you

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                      @whitequark @q3k + 1 for not targeting tech workers as a demographic, interacting with the whole population and/or all neurodivergent people brings way more humanly speaking as an interaction

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                      • riley@toot.catR riley@toot.cat

                        @Szescstopni Btw, some people can find it easier to clean up after the unruly customers in the evenings rather than mornings.

                        @q3k

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                        @riley Sometimes it's hard to clean up while the party lasts till the morning. @q3k

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                        • szescstopni@circumstances.runS szescstopni@circumstances.run

                          @riley Sometimes it's hard to clean up while the party lasts till the morning. @q3k

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                          @Szescstopni Not advice, just a reminder that "DSPD" is a thing. People genuinely have different preferred diurnal activity maximums.

                          @q3k

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                          • doomhammerng@mastodon.socialD doomhammerng@mastodon.social

                            @q3k sheep farm, from what I heard

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                            @q3k if you also offer some accomodations you are sure to be visited mostly by former colleagues

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                            • jana@social.jsteuernagel.deJ jana@social.jsteuernagel.de

                              @q3k Very good question, I have yet to find the answer

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                              The follow up question is whether it is tech in general or just the management decisions of certain companies.

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                              • riley@toot.catR riley@toot.cat

                                @Szescstopni Not advice, just a reminder that "DSPD" is a thing. People genuinely have different preferred diurnal activity maximums.

                                @q3k

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                                @riley That's right. But if you run a pub you forget there's such a thing as sleep preferences 🙂 @q3k

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                                • elly@donotsta.reE elly@donotsta.re
                                  @jn @domi @q3k pretty sure if I would go "screw this, I'm out", I would go into dressmaking. That was my childhood dream (shout-out to my mom's soviet-era sewing machine, that thing was a tank) until capitalism made me realize it wasn't a profitable business model
                                  robot@wetdry.worldR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @elly @jn @domi @q3k ooh, i've always wanted to learn how to make clothes

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                                  • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

                                    what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

                                    asking for a friend

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                                    @q3k I've been told pig farming is surprisingly rewarding

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                                    • q3k@social.hackerspace.plQ q3k@social.hackerspace.pl

                                      what's the career path for someone who went into tech because it was a thing they've always enjoyed and now it paid the bills too - but now they don't enjoy it anymore? is it still to open a bar to serve a clientele of other burned out tech workers?

                                      asking for a friend

                                      earthshine@masto.hackers.townE This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @q3k lmk if you find out I would like to know too.

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                                      • jn@boopsnoot.deJ jn@boopsnoot.de

                                        @domi @q3k i saw a job listing at a rug cleaning company a while ago, which got me rather tempted

                                        domi@donotsta.reD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @jn@boopsnoot.de @q3k@hackerspace.pl do you think they'd hire me without knowing the language? maybe there's still hope for me in this country

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                                        • robot@wetdry.worldR robot@wetdry.world

                                          @elly @jn @domi @q3k ooh, i've always wanted to learn how to make clothes

                                          jn@boopsnoot.deJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @robot @elly @domi @q3k it's a good community skill, like cooking! i should start too, i have a bunch of stuff that's slowly but surely falling apart

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