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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"

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Post by perihelions »

tetris11 wrote: post #7

Twice in my life now I've thought about the effort I've been putting in to my various projects and the lack of satisfaction I've subsequently received, and generally thought about giving it all up and going back to my dad's goat farm (Note that a single goat can go for about €1000). Then I let loose for a week, touch grass, allow my mind to wander/wonder and - boom - a new coding project consumes me and I rekindle th…

- "(Note that a single goat can go for about €1000)"

What a capricious market!

Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

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Post by latentcall »

Loughla wrote: post #49
spiderfarmer wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of people are heavily influenced by Youtubers and other influencers who conveniently leave out the earnings they get from their Youtube views, all while selling a romantic, self sufficient dream of living in harmony with nature. In that regard Jeremy Clarkson paints a much more realistic picture, even though that show is very over the top and mostly scripted. I grew up on a farm and was on track to take it over…

I was the only grandkid interested in the family farm at all and stood to inherit the whole works. I went to college instead and work a regular job. Grandpa has been on that farm since he was born in 1922. Until he retired in 2006, he took two days off work the entire time. No. Thank. You.

Two days off sounds bad but when you’re working for yourself and don’t have to answer some prick manager, suffer on a commute, sit hunched unnaturally at a desk, it could be much better.

Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

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Post by epolanski »

driverdan wrote: post #33

Every 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.

Not everyone is taking on farming as an alternative line of work.

I know a dev who's stopped working in his 40s (made huge money by being in the right startup at the right moment) and took up on farming, but not as a mean to survive rather than "fun".

He even ended up having quite some profit after few years by focusing on exotic edibles for gourmet restaurants, but obviously he doesn't make anywhere near the money he did as a developer, but he does love his life.

I can't lie, I aspire to do kinda the same and pick up on farming, but just for myself and family. The food industry is beyond disgusting and you just can't trust what you're eating, no matter how deep your wallet it.

Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

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Post by destitude »

driverdan wrote: post #33

Every 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.

Yes, if you want to subscribe to the stereotypical unsustainable practice of running a mega farm. There is plenty of opportunities for farming on a small scale and selling your products locally or online.

Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

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Post by oopsallmagic »

polairscience wrote: post #71
resource_waste wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the ROI is way lower than tech. You need capital for land (and if you are going to have this capital as a tech person, go invest it and get passive returns, or start your own tech company doing service work) + labor. Your labor is worth less, and close to third world wages. The economic value comes from improving the land with labor and tech. Your competition is paying the same wages. I know 2 people doing this…

They're both on medicaid because we have decided collectively, as a society, that "ROI" is something we should chase. The mentality that it's the wrong choice because he's not trying to write a money printing piece of software is precisely why we live in the world we do. I admire someone who wants to go out and create something in the physical world. Even if, for insane reasons, America no longer seems to value that.

Concur. I cannot believe we've gotten to the point where the tech elite poopoo one of the last remaining jobs that actually keeps people alive because it doesn't make the stock price go brrrrr.

Maybe... maybe some things are worth doing not simply because there's a dollar sign in the result. Let's ponder that this Juneteenth.

Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

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Post by epolanski »

pastaguy1 wrote: post #74
miah_ wrote: post #54

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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…

Funny comment about it being dark in Michigan. My feeling here in the summer is like, will the sun ever set (somewhat light out until almost 10pm depending on location)? I know what you mean, of course.

Reversely it's gonna get dark at 4pm in winter.

It's the same in Poland, in this period of the year the sunset is at 10 pm and dusk at 11.

Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

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Post by skosch »

resource_waste wrote: post #39
geenat wrote: post #4

Living the dream

Take your 500k of investments, move to the mid-west, retire for a few years and figure out 'it was not the dream'. I did something like this, it was life changing. For the first time ever, I wasnt counting the days until retirement or a long 7+ day vacation. (Edit for clarity: I ended up taking a job. Talented coworkers were more interesting than my hobbies + I contributed to the world which was cool. Made it so I di…

> For the first time ever, I wasnt counting the days until retirement or a long 7+ day vacation.

That sounds rather positive. Still 'it was not the dream'?

Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

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Post by sva_ »

driverdan wrote: post #33

Every 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 have done the farm thing for a while (gf to that time had a family farm). While manual labor can be rewarding, I have to say I was often bored out of my mind. And I usually never get bored.
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