[avenius]

I second this. The longer I work in tech, the more I want to jump ship and work the land instead.

[jrochkind1]

I actually still have a flip phone! (Although I also have a 3G iPad, which I don't carry with me daily, but put in a bag when needed). People are like "How can you be a software engineer and not have a smart phone?" I'm like "I think that's probably _why_ I have a flip phone!".

[ionised]

I don't necessarily want to leave tech, but I would prefer to work on my own projects or at least for something open-source, free and positive.

[justaguyhere]

I guess there are lots of opportunities to build software outside of the 20s, 30s well to do crowd. Like for old people, poor people, disabled people and so on. If money is taken out of the equation, lots of areas where software can make genuine positive difference in people's lives

[jrochkind1]

The problem is paying your own rent when money is taking out of the equation!