<![CDATA[People who were formerly in 'tech' (infosec, devs, sysadmins, DBAs, etc), who left 'tech' for anything other than just outright retirement....]]>People who were formerly in 'tech' (infosec, devs, sysadmins, DBAs, etc), who left 'tech' for anything other than just outright retirement....

Where did you end up?

How did you get there/What made you pick that?

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I love that, it sounds very fulfilling and fun!

I'd love to sysadmin services and networks for co-ops or communities, I think.

It would be cool to work on Virtual Power Plant (distributed solar+wind+storage) monitoring and management systems, but I don't actually know anyone doing that sort of thing at the moment.

I spent 6 years doing infrastructure (hypervisors, SANs, NASs, systems automation, backups) at a telco, so that sort of area is where most of my expertise is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/crabbypup/statuses/116488912933050587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/crabbypup/statuses/116488912933050587Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:22:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who were formerly in 'tech' (infosec, devs, sysadmins, DBAs, etc), who left 'tech' for anything other than just outright retirement.... on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:21:31 GMT]]>@crabbypup @CyclingGuide And I’ll add, Crabby, that I was lucky enough to stumble into it. Having built the app with my team at my previous company as a side project, we deliberately spun it off into Cycling Guide Foundation, initially a not-for-profit. And for all kinds of reasons, including loving cycling, running that had far more appeal than anything else.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274132791170166/statuses/116488673116295451https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274132791170166/statuses/116488673116295451Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:21:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who were formerly in 'tech' (infosec, devs, sysadmins, DBAs, etc), who left 'tech' for anything other than just outright retirement.... on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:15:55 GMT]]>@crabbypup I’m running Cycling Guide Foundation. We’re a registered charity, and we make the free @CyclingGuide mobile app. So I’m out of the tech world, but still doing tech. And making the world better, I think!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274132791170166/statuses/116488415212677435https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274132791170166/statuses/116488415212677435Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:15:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who were formerly in 'tech' (infosec, devs, sysadmins, DBAs, etc), who left 'tech' for anything other than just outright retirement.... on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:31:24 GMT]]>@crabbypup I am still in but thinking I might get my license to drive city bus.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Tweakedenigma/statuses/116488240138965420https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Tweakedenigma/statuses/116488240138965420Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:31:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who were formerly in 'tech' (infosec, devs, sysadmins, DBAs, etc), who left 'tech' for anything other than just outright retirement.... on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:17:52 GMT]]>@crabbypup Carpentry and handyman work more fun, less money less stressed

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/MementoMori/statuses/116485827644402215https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/MementoMori/statuses/116485827644402215Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:17:52 GMT