Farming for fun is probably ok but farming for income sounds like a horrific idea
It pays badly yet it's the most essential bs-devoid job on this planet. That's showing how much our society is twisted.
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Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
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Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#62Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
To be fair, most devs leaving the software industry won't have half the type of problems that actual farmers have - they have money, so they don't have the same pressures and they are typically doing some kind of boutique product.
I would love to "farm", but only as a retirement "job", and only with specific products.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#63Alternatives https://github.com/beucismis/awesome-fetch
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#64Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
My Thai girlfriend enjoys her farm, spends a couple of hours a day to work on it.
Of course, it's not our primary source of income, as that is my work as software engineer. For her it's a nice hobby.
I don't think you'd need a degree anyhow. Plenty of stuff can be learned online these days. And you don't need a lot of equipment either, if it's just to take care of yourself or your family. Depending on your community, you might also be able to rent some equipment if you need it at times (my girlfriend rents some equipment, tractor or some such with a driver, to cut the rice, about 2 times a year, as do most people in our village).
If you have a bit of a garden, can easily start as a hobby, I think.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#65Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
Maybe they have saved enough from working in tech that they can grow vegetables for themselves in a very low scale way. Its nice to escape from the career you've had for decades. Sometimes its not even an escape from the career, but the career and the city you've lived in. Moving to the forest and growing some vegetables and raising chickens isn't that difficult. You certainly don't need "millions in equipment". Its…
The woman who ran PR for Chicago Tribune did the same thing with her husband. She now has a small farm in Michigan. She runs a PR agency from the farm.
I personally couldn’t do it… I prefer loud noises and bright lights but I lived in Rincon Hill and Times Square at various times…
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#66Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
Maybe they have saved enough from working in tech that they can grow vegetables for themselves in a very low scale way. Its nice to escape from the career you've had for decades. Sometimes its not even an escape from the career, but the career and the city you've lived in. Moving to the forest and growing some vegetables and raising chickens isn't that difficult. You certainly don't need "millions in equipment". Its…
I wanna be you! problem is probably 15 years or more until it's feasible to me due to current salary, savings and country.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#67Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
Someone could be going into farming for a low cost independent lifestyle, not necessarily as a profit maximization venture.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#68Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
Corn or dairy cattle, absolutely. Oranges for concentrate, sure. Even cabbages for transport, right.
But there are other things there's demand for, or demand can even be created for, that do not have such vast efficient scales. Hand-reared escargot, or spinach grown within resonance of a woodpecker pecking at dawn, just two examples.
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#69Just yesterday there was a discussion on taking lower pay work for happiness… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720121
This is accurate. My current job, is much lower than I was making int he SFBay area, but I actually have work life balance. I don't have to worry about my phone ringing at 2am, and I don't have to worry about yearly re-orgs or project managers who are "Agile Certified" but implement Waterfall.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#70Every time this topic comes up I say the same thing. If you've never worked on a farm and have some kind of romantic idea about it then you shouldn't do this. Farming is hard work. Modern farmers have college degrees, millions in equipment, and a vast amount of knowledge and experience you do not have. If you're thinking of doing this and do not have experience go work on a farm for a year before you buy in.
I read someone who retires and "takes up farming" as retiring to a house in a rural location and maintaining a garden and maybe some small quantities of livestock.
IE someone who is not depending on the "farm" to be a commercially successful operation or is even attempting to run it as a profitable business.