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Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

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mrtron wrote: post #626
pieperz wrote: post #618

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+1 on the Woodworking.... I started StumpCrafters.com just a few months ago and its great. I love being out in the shop more and still getting to do a few things with code here and there. Im not quite there with the customization yet but its in the works. Check it out at: https://stumpcrafters.com https://facebook.com/stumpcrafters https://instagram.com/stumpcrafters https://twitter.com/stumpcrafters edit: formating

I am a bit confused what stumpcrafters is after going to the website. There is some sort of game...and you sell these pieces of wood for the game?

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Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

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Post by pieperz »

mrtron wrote: post #626
pieperz wrote: post #618

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 on the Woodworking.... I started StumpCrafters.com just a few months ago and its great. I love being out in the shop more and still getting to do a few things with code here and there. Im not quite there with the customization yet but its in the works. Check it out at: https://stumpcrafters.com https://facebook.com/stumpcrafters https://instagram.com/stumpcrafters https://twitter.com/stumpcrafters edit: formating

I am a bit confused what stumpcrafters is after going to the website. There is some sort of game...and you sell these pieces of wood for the game?

This page explanes it the best.

https://stumpcrafters.com/pages/what-is-the-stump-game

TLDR; The Stump Game is played with a Stump, nails, and a hammer. Win by being the last nail above the face of the stump.

Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

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Post by elliotec »

tomr_stargazer wrote: post #607
elliotec wrote: post #598

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Women have wet dreams too.

I understand, but this is a pedantic reply that doesn't address the spirit of my comment. To be a little bit more explicit: sexual comments are one of the ways in which tech spaces are made less friendly to women.

Women make sexual comments too.

What makes it less friendly to women is singling them out by odd, completely off topic comments like these.

Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

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Post by julsonl »

mauvehaus wrote: post #270

Interesting timing. I'm quitting my development job at the end of the month and going back to school full-time to become a furniture maker. I have a lot of reasons for wanting to do this. The most straightforward ones are that I want to create something tangible and enduring with my time.

I'm doing the exact same thing! (quitting end of this month too). While I haven't decided to completely leave tech, I'm planning to do a couple of 3-month furniture intensive classes for my sabbatical this year. I'm also going to apply to the College of the Redwoods. It's kind of a moonshot though, given my limited woodworking experience, but I figured it's worth a try. What's the duration of your entire course?

Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

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Post by FigBug »

bobhall1981 wrote: post #478
FigBug wrote: post #56

I'd buy a sailboat and take people on tours in Greece. Except I hate people, which is why I work in tech.

Sailboats are a lot cheaper than people think. Did you know there is no technical definition for "yacht"? In practice, it just means "a boat that's nicer than yours". Don't buy a yacht. In Seattle there are plenty of sailboats under 30' that cost less than $10K. The moorage is the expensive part and costs around $400/month.

I've owned several boats and I'm done with that. I now belong to a coop where I pay $650 a year and have access to a 30' Catalina and 24' C&C that I can use almost as much as I want.

There is no such thing as a cheap boat. The maintaince is a constant time and money suck.

Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

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Post by mkching »

rl3 wrote: post #470
nsomaru wrote: post #380

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Saw Stop might interest you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiYoBbEZwlk

That's incredible. Theoretically you could even wear gloves and the saw would stop as soon as it reached tissue. Although, some sort of conductive work gloves might serve as an additional safety layer so it doesn't even have to hit tissue.

In general, it's a bad idea to wear gloves when working with spinning tools. If the glove snags the wrong way, it can pull your whole hand into the tool.

Re: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do?

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Post by WalterBright »

lloyd-christmas wrote: post #330
bungie4 wrote: post #277

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This is funny, I came into programming from being a high end cabinet maker. I had to give it up because I'm allergic to the components that make up the 'smell' of red oak. Which we worked with a lot. Theirs a real satisfaction in looking at a your work at the end of the day and being able to SEE it.

I've always whittled as a fun side hobby. My desire to do anything bigger is limited by a fear of the table saw. As a lefty, nothing in the shop plays nice with me. I'm too worried about losing a finger which would impact my income stream as well as my other hobby, piano. But, I still spend more time looking at joinery than I do on HN.

Be sure to wear ear protection (the sound is loud enough to damage your hearing) and especially a face shield.

Don't work alone in the house, keep your cell phone in your pocket. I suppose this would be a great use for Amazon's Alexa, just yell for 911 (does that work for Alexa?).

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