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hendrik
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Do y'all ever consider switching to woodworking?

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    Torture master.
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    Nah. Do that in my free time already.
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    personally I'm more thinking about switching to metalwork, but nah
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    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.
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    Later maybe. I am sick of thisjob that degrades my brain and body.
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    Constantly. But while coding is hard and mana burning, it also still is fun too - and i already know how to do it...
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    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... :/
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    Curious whether the OP means in a mongo-db-is-web-scale way, or a unabomber way. Why not both I guess..
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    Nah. Got two left hands and a misplaced thumb in each, so no handiworks for me.
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    At least once an hour. Slowly getting into it as a hobby
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    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
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    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.
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    No me...
    I'm a cnc operator (metal worker)
    But the cnc I'm making will work only wood anyway :p
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    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
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    @GyroGearloose the clients are even worse then the clients we have.

    I don't think you want that...
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    @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...
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    @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.
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    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
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    @AlmondSauce PHP doesn't suck anymore. Coming from a Haskell enthusiast, btw
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    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.
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