Good one. Made me smile and being thankful for not being a programmer anymore.
What did you switch to?
If I'd had to guess, woodworker or watermelon farmer.
Those were definitely on the list. As was moving to a hut in the woods and living of the land. :)
I am currently a Dev (used to be a sound engineer), but I can definitely understand that!
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.
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
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.
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.
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 And besides, my skills are seriously out-of-date anyway, not to mention 90% forgotten.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.
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.
When I was a biomed, I used to handle setup for audio/video in the OR for conferences and education and that sort of thing. It was always sound that was the hardest to get working and sounding good. Video was seldom the problem. You would think that sound is old tech and should therefore be easier, but noo. Well, the face masks on the surgeons didn't help either.
Yeah I totally get what you mean. Video is in that regard binary (it works or it doesn't). Audio on the other hand is very subjective, it works but it very muffed or very screamy.
Oh man... For me, that would like #goals.
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.
This crosses my mind at least a few times a week. Programming is pain.
First biomedical engineer at a hospital and now tech service for medical diagnostics and automation.
How did you make the switch? Going back to uni?
No, you don't actually have to be a biomed to work as one in Sweden. I have engineering background and I guess I'm pretty technical overall. I actually didn't know there were biomeds at hospitals. I got sort of a test employment through a government program and they liked me so I got to stay.
You left the fold!! What did you move into if you don't mind me asking :)
I pretty much had to. Burned out completely. Took years to even think about working again. But enough about me, what's up with you these days? :D
Right, your question. First BioMed at a hospital and then tech service for analytics and automation. See my answers elswere in the thread as well.
Ahhh gotcha and understandable.
I'm fortunate that I work for myself and kind of pick and choose the clients and jobs I work with. It's nothing too taxing and I generally build higher level functionality into websites that sort of thing :)
Keeps the wolves from the door and food on the table !
Good to hear. Keep it up!
Man I feel this all the time. I can't count the number of times I'm talking to my boss about something and I think "oh yeah, should be easy" and something will trip me up for a day
Yep, and the the more you work on it, the more issues and problems you run into that you need to figure out.
Not to mention the more things you see that you try to get fancy on. Which ends up taking even more time/effort, because you can't let it beat you.
I hear you... it's a killer isn't it.
The number of times I have made a rod for my own back with clients..... "Yea, I'll add that I'm for you no problem".....
The famous last words.
The can of worms opens and a few rounds of crisis of confidence and tears later, eventually get there and think, I'm keeping my mouth shut from here on in.
Rinse and repeat :)
Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy for programming as a hobby.
Wouldn't crochet be easier?
I do both! Also the answer is yes.
this is one of those perfect, timeless comments.
As a hobby it's probably fine. You shouldn't let it consume you or it will turn you into Gollum and you will likely self-immolate when touched by the evil rays from the great fire in the sky.
Glad to see PH on lemmy
I need to print this out and hang it on my door
Fucking a, so much this.
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