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Why do programmers want to quit programming and start a homestead? (tjmorley.com)
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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I made the jump in 2017. I bought a house and planted fruit trees before I unpacked a single box. I have chickens, ducks and geese.

I used to replace people with shell scripts.

Now I collect eggs in the rain and get attacked by geese. This is way cooler. But the pay sucks. Zero benefits.