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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

    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

      szescstopni@circumstances.runS This user is from outside of this forum
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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

          doomhammerng@mastodon.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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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
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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

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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

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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

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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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                                  • 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 my friend (not from it) has been considering using her savings to invest in an electrolysis machine and course/certificate to provide affordable care for trans ppl, we need more of that rather than ai slop

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                                    • domi@donotsta.reD domi@donotsta.re

                                      @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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                                      @domi @q3k job listing for this particular shop said knowledge of german or farsi is required, but i don't know how much that is in the day-to-day

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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 The customer I am doing the project for once mistakenly sent me an invitation for advanced forklift training. I've answered them, that I do not have basic training yet, but I'd be glad to get it.

                                        To this day I regret they had not followed with an invitation for the basic training.

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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 does that bar need a cocktail mixer? Asking for a friend

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