If I had the money to do so, I'd absolutely live on a self sufficient farm somewhere near my home town.

I want fully automated greenhouses and everything solar powered.

@Binder Yeah, a certain GitHub comment also comes to mind. Wanting to leave IT is certainly a strong trope.

github.com/docker/cli/issues/2…

Allow `docker push' to push multiple/a subset of tags

Allow the following usage: docker push org/image-a:some_tag org/image-b:other_tag This would make docker push simpler to use in systems that need to build and push multiple images to dockerhub by o...

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Having been a farmer and also worked in upper levels of tech...

I can tell you that you probably don't really want to choose farming over tech.

But if you can find a niche in "art", making even a modest income, that can really be a good life.

Former farmer who's now a programmer here.

Just... don't.

The longer you spend in capitalism, the stronger the urge to move to subsistence farming.

The medicine really feels like the only meaningful advantage of modern society.

Problem is, where I live you need a computer to run a farm to do all the necessary paperwork.

@nixCraft

Long ago I learned the hard way to appreciate problems solvable with pencil and paper, compared to needing a computer! Anyway...

"A computer is all well and good. But to do any real work you need a kitchen table".

Also, I haven't owned a printer for 20 years. I hated them as a commercial programmer before I even owned my first, because files to be printed are more complex than any other type of file.

I'm an independent software developer for 33 years now and I love doing this. There is nothing else I'd prefer.

The longer I work in tech, the more the thought of the unevitable retirement due to old age comes to mind...

At least it has the advantage that nobody can force me to do what I don't like like using Microsoft Teams.

I would change "spend in tech" to "spend on the internet".

And these feelings are validated once you land in a patch of dirt and want to cry when you have to leave.

yep, yep and yep.
30+ years in IT = now 8 years on a farm.
And only working for/with paid #FOSS.

good work which /makes sense/ - and farming equipment sustains scratches and outlives 50+ years - and can be maintained and repaired.

Most importantly (IMO):
producing good and healthy FOOD is actually something I'm proud to show and teach my kids.

it is enough to have been in a technical highschool and bachelor in Informatics at a university.

Once you coded a pool table, a micro kernel, the ontological web, some general network security, and an experimental thesis on god knows why the duck are you reading Noam Chomsky work that matters (not the political commentary, the one that matters) dealt with imperative and functional languages, you enter the job market or startup world being 90years soul old.

I know someone who bought a farm (technically they are building the farm) and STILL works in IT.

Maybe they misunderstood the concept...

@Hemera 😂

My own spin on that is "the stronger the urge to never deal with Corporate America again"

It's not the tech I can't stand, it's the business around it.

Strangely, I have done the reverse.

I'm still looking for a way to get back to the outdoors.