Do y'all ever consider switching to woodworking?

Torture master.

Nah. Do that in my free time already.

Nah.

personally I'm more thinking about switching to metalwork, but nah

Yes! My uncle used to make cabinetry and did general carpentry contracting. Another had a rather expensive hobby of renovating and flipping homes. I miss the smell of sawdust on a work site.

Yes!

Later maybe. I am sick of thisjob that degrades my brain and body.

Constantly. But while coding is hard and mana burning, it also still is fun too - and i already know how to do it...

Nah, but I do love to just chop shit up..

I meant the bad wood for the fireplace..not people..though if coronashit continues, might start chopping up them too... :/

Curious whether the OP means in a mongo-db-is-web-scale way, or a unabomber way. Why not both I guess..

Nah. Got two left hands and a misplaced thumb in each, so no handiworks for me.

At least once an hour. Slowly getting into it as a hobby

I'm gonna open a meadery.... I'm not saying its zen, but it's more creative and I'm making something people - not machines - will enjoy. And I won't be killing myself to make someone else money

Waiting for someone to say "I would if I worked with PHP"

...in all seriousness though, nah. I enjoy what I do and it's much better paid than doing woodworking.

No me...
I'm a cnc operator (metal worker)
But the cnc I'm making will work only wood anyway :p

Btw... Today we need more the old jobs then devs...
There are less and less wood workers, builders and plummers and people are paying premium to hire one

@GyroGearloose the clients are even worse then the clients we have.

I don't think you want that...

@IntrusionCM
Well, higher payments
Physical work with less stress.
Way less responsibilities...
And when a client needs a new floor it requests a professional that can do a wood floor, not a master NASA engenheir...

@GyroGearloose okay... That's news to me.

Here in Germany the "Handwerk" (handcraft? Skilled crafts and trades?) is dying. Small companies going bankrupt and so on.

Yep, everywhere... We do our own repairs at home because a plummer can go up to 40€ per hour....
While the new generations all turn to teck, thers less specialized work in areas that most people don't understand how important they are...
Like, for each engenheir in a building you need 10 to 20 construction workers...
In my country is worst then Germany and North Europe, most bosses in Portugal have a mentality 70 years behind.... Want to pay miminum wage (550€) for specialized jobs... In my own profession (cnc operator) I would get like 50% more 10 years ago...
I'm considering moving to north Europe in a few years if I don't find a wife (getting old), just need more experience then I'll emigrate and earn 3x or 5x more...
Like I'm getting 700€ at best, and didn't got picked for a few jobs because that's the minimum I acept...
It's degrading, I could get almost the same in cleaning with less responsability

@AlmondSauce PHP doesn't suck anymore. Coming from a Haskell enthusiast, btw

I made this last weekend. It’s for drying bottles, plastic ziploc bags, and other things. I need to replace the band saw I wrecked on my last project and I’ll be able to do a lot more.