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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I am unironically building myself a woodshop so I can retire from tech into a life of making real tangible objects, with no JIRA tickets, no kanban boards, and no stand-ups.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My plan is to raise pigs. Because I've raised them before and they're so much easier to deal with than users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wilbur, did you email the CEO directly to complain that you lost all your progress when you were using the search bar as a notepad, and now you've lost a days work and need us to recover it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The neat part is when they get too annoying you can kill and eat them.

My supervisors discouraged this sort of thing with users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

My plan is to use my technical know-how to build stuff that actually matters (which is all very subjective).

It is my opinion that it's a shame for capitalist societies that people spend a lifetime building strong skills in something to throw them all away on the first occasion.

I so so wish people with a strong VFX expertise here in Canada would be able to keep doing excellent VFX work instead of going for mediocre middle-manager careers because it's the only way they can ever hope to live a life worth living.

But I respect folks for whom software engineering is just a way to earn a living. All the power to you guys. We desperately need you anyway, even if it's not a lifelong commitment.

... On another note, though, I can tell you that I will gladly throw away my Jira skills as soon as I can.