I know a lot of woodworkers. It must be that it’s a largely solitary hobby where you get to build very very concrete and useful things that us “not really an engineer” software folks try to compensate for. Me included
Yep. I do a little bit of what someone who doesn't mind insulting carptners could call "woodworking". Having a concrete result is definitely one of the things I enjoy.
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I think woodworking is also a popular alternative, especially if you've always felt like ten fingers was too many.
I know a lot of woodworkers. It must be that it’s a largely solitary hobby where you get to build very very concrete and useful things that us “not really an engineer” software folks try to compensate for. Me included
Yep. I do a little bit of what someone who doesn't mind insulting carptners could call "woodworking". Having a concrete result is definitely one of the things I enjoy.
so is abandoning everything for a farm raising goats.
https://www.goatops.com ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26336880 )
I have talked about this with people, in this forum.