Followed Bill Gates' footsteps and bought a section of farmland. I grew up in FFA, and knew I wanted to raise beeves, etc since I was young. After a divorce, I pulled the trigger. Software funded beeves.
Ask HN: Developers who switched careers, what are you doing now?
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#12Not sure if this is what you mean, but I 'switched' from an ML consultancy to entrepreneurship. I now build and market my own projects ([1], [2]) and try to gain enough ad revenue to replace my former salary. Started 1.5 months ago, and enjoying every minute of it! No longer occupying my mind with corporate power dynamics saves a lot of cognitive bandwidth, but to my surprise it has been replaced. I thought I'd feel…
Are you actually making money with the web pages you provided? My understanding is that adsense no longer pays the way it did before.
Re: Ask HN: Developers who switched careers, what are you doing now?
#13Switched to remodeling houses and landscaping. I switched because this is better. Healthier. Saner. Happier. More in line with my long-term goals and general growth.
Remodeling doesn't sound like a healthy activity.
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#15Not reading Hacked News… that’s what they’re doing now.
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#16I could imagine woodworking in the future!
One of my "retirement" daydreams is to have a garage where I'd spend my days doing woodwork. There's something about building things with your bare hands that is very appealing to me.
I’m 34 and I am nowhere near retirement and I do this now.
It's easier to get started when you're young and have the physical stamina and strength to spend a Saturday in the shop. I'm going to go spend my day down there today, as it happens, while the dog supervises!
Re: Ask HN: Developers who switched careers, what are you doing now?
#17Not sure if this is what you mean, but I 'switched' from an ML consultancy to entrepreneurship. I now build and market my own projects ([1], [2]) and try to gain enough ad revenue to replace my former salary. Started 1.5 months ago, and enjoying every minute of it! No longer occupying my mind with corporate power dynamics saves a lot of cognitive bandwidth, but to my surprise it has been replaced. I thought I'd feel…
Are you actually making money with the web pages you provided? My understanding is that adsense no longer pays the way it did before.
Yes. I'm on Carbon ads for the first, and I've partnered with NordVPN and ipinfo.io for the second. ~400 USD/month at the moment for nslookup.io. Stats are open: plausible.io/nslookup.io The end game for that site is to partner with a hosting provider or CDN and sell ad space to them exclusively.
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#19Not reading Hacked News… that’s what they’re doing now.
Patently false
Re: Ask HN: Developers who switched careers, what are you doing now?
#20Went from opera singer to developer to most recently CTO Solutions Architecture which is more change management and BD strategy than anything else. Enjoying it so far and it’s definitely blowing away my idea of a comfort zone. 37 now, will probably look to do another industry change again around 45-50. I could probably go into performing arts technology or something like woodworking or auto mechanic would be a lot of fun.