[jploudre]

Whoa. I’m a physician now. I never never have guessed my article from 20 years ago would make the front page of HN!

BeOS was tremendously snappy on that hardware but I ended up missing applications on the Mac.

[themodelplumber]

Congrats on your big life changes.

It's funny, I just wrote up some experiences with the latest Haiku beta and also ended up missing applications despite the snappiness and amazingly trim fit into much less than 1G RAM. I'm sure many more apps will come soon though.

https://www.friendlyskies.net/notebook/giving-haiku-os-beta-...

[classichasclass]

Ha, made the same jump myself. Computers are much more fun as a hobby than as $DAYJOB.

[watersb]

Ed Roberts decided to stop playing with toys full-time, so he moved back home and became a dentist. Small-town doctor and mayor.

After giving Bill and Paul their first personal computer gig.

It would seem that the esteemed Dr. Roberts pathway has good company.

[emodendroket]

I thought so and didn't pursue it in school. After answering phones for a living for a while I changed my mind.

[stillicidious]

Awesome career twist, potentialy more interesting than the article :) Did you go from professional -> professional, or not much past hobbyist tech?

[jploudre]

I’ve always been a hobbyist on tech. I follow it like some people follow sports.