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why not a sys admin? its fairly easy work 95% of the time ...
I spend 3 days a week as a sys admin, and 2 days a week freelance/working on startup. (was freelance mostly, now mostly startup)
sys admin is good work - i'm particularly lucky - my company is very flexible, and Mac OS X.
Well if you're in Europe, what about: 'unemployed'? 80% of your current paycheck for the first 6 months, then you really should start looking for something that resembles a job. I know people who travelled the world on 'unemployment'. If you're looking for quiet time, why don't you just skip the social obligation of 'having a job'?
Trevor has always said that his dream job was to be a projectionist in a movie theater.
Building robots seriously seems like it's incredibly fun and interesting.
why not a sys admin? its fairly easy work 95% of the time ...
I sell lift tickets at a ski resort. Some of our ticket windows are not at the main resort & get about 5 customers on a slow day. Last week I built this: www.feedstomper.com I also get to ski for free at 3 of the top resorts in the U.S. Pretty awesome so far.
Actually I've had that situation several times in technology jobs. It's not so much the job itself as it is the company. I had a great gig at a company in Marin County (read: north of the Golden Gate, laid-back, hippies) where I was able to learn Perl, the WWW, and Unix. Find a non-critical role in a company that isn't audited heavily (non-public company, smaller division of a large company) and hack away. One option…
Trevor has always said that his dream job was to be a projectionist in a movie theater.
That actually kind of surprises me. I saw Trevor at CES and he looked like a proud parent over his robot. Building robots seriously seems like it's incredibly fun and interesting.
Trevor has always said that his dream job was to be a projectionist in a movie theater.
That actually kind of surprises me. I saw Trevor at CES and he looked like a proud parent over his robot. Building robots seriously seems like it's incredibly fun and interesting.
I sell lift tickets at a ski resort. Some of our ticket windows are not at the main resort & get about 5 customers on a slow day. Last week I built this: www.feedstomper.com I also get to ski for free at 3 of the top resorts in the U.S. Pretty awesome so far.
voted up for building something i'll use and for having an awesome job