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I'd love to run a veggie burger joint
haha that'd be cool
Black-bean, Beyond Beef, your own recipe, or all of the above?
Count me in.
that's a great idea! often think about running a veggie restaurant as well, we need more of those
I've always been very fond of animation, so I'd probably jump headfirst into a lot more Blender tutorials and 3D art and animation software.
Music, broadway or Writing has always been a less realistic dream of mine.
Noice. I write lyrics in my spare time. I'll eventually get back to the accompanying music - what got me into computers in the first place - to go with it, but right now I'm just ecstatic to be writing again after 8 years of writer's block (not so coincidentally coinciding with an 8 year toxic relationship).
Writing and carpentry.
I mentioned my lyrics elsewhere, but I'm also looking to get more serious about blogging, and possibly even writing a book.
When I "retire" (I don't ever plan to fully, as I think the loss of productivity leads to a huge decline in physical and cognitive health), I've thought about building hideaway furniture.
Thumbs up for carpentry!
It's so unforgiving, isn't it? Cut that dovetail wrong and there's no "undo" on it.
It's like the exact opposite of being a developer.
Trying to answer this very question myself for the past 5-6 months. Without much success.
I am not a great developer not as committed as one should be. I just haven't found anything else I could decently do. Yet
Don't force it. Finding that passion just might make you better at both. You just might find something normally outside of code that code can make better. And if not, who cares? Do what makes you happy (and pays well enough to enjoy a decent, happy life).
I would say that you can be as committed as you want to be, and no more. There's a lot of industry pressure to be "passionate", to have side projects, etc, but if that doesn't make you happy then don't do it.
Live a balanced life on your own terms.
I want to work on hobby related stuff that people have fun with, I find building things more enjoyable than coding. I am currently building my own DIY electric skateboard! I enjoy building my 1st ever battery pack and getting awesome at soldering and much better with electronics.
I think about how cool it would be to just be a handyman / light remodel guy. Someone who replaces old doors, fixes leaks, patches walls, builds gates, installs toilets. That's the life.
Or maybe something in coffee. Damn I love roasting and brewing coffee.
I roasted and sold coffee for 10 years. I'm actually planning to crowdfund a Linux-powered home roasting appliance when the economy and my finances (for prototyping) are better.
I also modified a couple of Gaggia espresso machines (PID controller, passive water inlet heating, Rancilio Sylvia steam wand, etc.) before upgrading to a Breville Double Boiler.
Bakery and pastry
After Dev, my first choice will be Entrepreneurship.
I'm hoping you find that calling during, not after, but good "luck" (in quotes because you create your own) either way.
bike repair :)
i would go to hilly area and live there, do some farming and will have husky for sure, i love huskies :) , or go to alaska and live there :)
A chain of sweet shops
When I fantasize about it, it's farming, making art, or running a vegetarian restaurant.
Realistically speaking, if I quit tech I'd probably go back to school and study anthropology or something and move into a more academic/research direction with it.
Welding, and or smithing work probably, or working with and maintaining really big machines.
There’s nothing more enticing than a large gantry, with servos and steppers in all the right places.
And lasers, cutting bits, water jets and huge canisters or Argon..
Gonna stop the fetish material now.
I’ve would probably be a machinist.
I'd love to go off-grid for a while, probably sell drugs in the park or somethin'... just kidding, I don't want to go off-grid.