this developer retired or resigned from software giant after 22 years 4 mos, and became a farmer. bro is living his dream. https://x.com/timokonkwo_/status/1785340149582143947
nixCraft 🐧
this developer retired or resigned from software giant after 22 years 4 mos, and became a farmer. bro is living his dream. https://x.com/timokonkwo_/status/1785340149582143947 19 comments
((( Geekosaurus )))
@nixCraft in The Soul of a New Machine, Kidder describes the day they came into the lab and found that one of the top chip designers had had his fill of nanoseconds: > He went away from the basement
Sandeep :verifiedroot:
@nixCraft he found out it's easier to do farming than improving windoge performance
Jago Nissi
@nixCraft decades of _performance_ engineering at m$ with nothing to show. At least you get geese from being a goose farmer.
Zergy :verified: :redpanda:
@nixCraft Plus you can make delicious foi gras with them. :rp_hungry:
canleaf08 ⌘ ✅
@nixCraft In Canada and worldwide this was the way, some workers went, when Nortel was bankrupt. Astronomical growth everywhere and then Roth happened.
Aphrodite ☑️ :boost_ok:
It’s why I’m shifting into humanistic vocations. Being of service to my fellow humans is far more rewarding and more important than playing with hardware and software.
sharky5740
@nixCraft To no-ones surprise, the timeline strongly suggests it was architecture that broke their will.
dodothedev🦤💻
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@nixCraft duck duck goose - wasn't that a jethro tull album?