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[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago

Studied computers since I was 11, worked IT for 6 months when I turned 19. Now I hate technology and do exclusively handtool woodwork now.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

handtool woodwork

hehehehehehehehehe

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Dick jokes are one the primary joys of woodworking.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Can I smoke your meat? I have wood.

[-] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

The pipeline is real

[-] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago

As a 20 year IT veteran, first help desk, then sysadmin and now R&D, I am jealous. By the end of this year my cost of living will decrease significantly and I'm contemplating taking the financial hit for a career change.

[-] Senseless@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

Ofc I can only go by this short description but I'd do it. In my former job I ended up with depression and it took me 1,5 years for recover. I didn't want to do 1st / 2nd lvl support any more but found a place in another city that I liked and it had the opportunity to opt-out of the support work or keep it to a minimum, once you're skilled enough to do other work.

Now work doesn't get less but instead more, colleagues are - on a social level - find and I even made some friends, but they're so hard to work with. I just came back from a week off because I was sick and after 10 minutes reading my emails and teams chat I'd rather turn the computer back off and go back to bed.

I don't hat the tech. Hell, I even tinker with it in my free time, made the switch from windows to Linux even though I'm a gamer. I got pihole and home assistant running and I'm planning on a home server / NAS for Jellyfin and other stuff. I like this things.. but people man.. they drive me literally crazy.

But since I can't do anything else and I need the money to pay rent and buy food I can't just start another, badly payed, apprenticeship. I'm feeling stuck in a job that I despise because of the people in and around it. So if you have the change go get away from it and use the computer stuff as a nice hobby, do it.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Understandable

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

3 years helpdesk, just over 10 years now truck driving. Pairs well with selfhosted media at the house, but not working on other people's shit.

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