I think it was a combination of factors. In particular, he had a contract at the place, and then the company wanted to keep him on as an employee and made him an offer. He was (I'm assuming) going to try it, and then if he didn't like it he'd just quit. But it turned out he didn't like it, but he had the golden handcuffs (i.e., incentives and investitures).
He has since retired. He's happy again. Now he's doing woodworking, for fun. Which is the best way to get into woodworking: 1) get into programming, 2) burn out, 3) start woodworking.
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Great to hear about stories like that! In the second story, do you know what lured him back to being an employee?
I think it was a combination of factors. In particular, he had a contract at the place, and then the company wanted to keep him on as an employee and made him an offer. He was (I'm assuming) going to try it, and then if he didn't like it he'd just quit. But it turned out he didn't like it, but he had the golden handcuffs (i.e., incentives and investitures).
He has since retired. He's happy again. Now he's doing woodworking, for fun. Which is the best way to get into woodworking: 1) get into programming, 2) burn out, 3) start woodworking.