[_8j50]

Yeah, but then you will get burned out from farming some day. It's what you make of it. Lot of stress in farming when your goal is profit instead of a hobby garden.

My $0.02: people are at least 60% of what makes your day job good or bad, given adequate compensation that is. Maybe try companies that are not in tech but need your talent? Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated and all that. Good boss+Coworkers+environment+pay = doesn't matter that much what you're actually doing.

Also, I was like you and others in my 20's. New career, new country, new state. Maybe become a hermit in antarctica? You get the sentiment, but I no longer feel that way, I started accepting wherever you go, not a whole lot changes that matters. Alwayd gotta take in the good with the bad. The grass is greener on the other side, but maybe unlike the current grass it is itchy when you try to walk or picnic on it.

[Schroedingersat]

> Lot of stress in farming when your goal is profit

Aye, there's the problem.

Almost like supporting the lavish lifestyles and endless waste of worthless middlemen sucks whether you're on a tractor, behind a lathe, or sitting at a keyboard

[carlivar]

On a farm you're alone most of the time. No meetings. Not really any middle management. I grew up on a farm. It's damn hard work and I would never go back to that. But there is appeal in not having to be constantly coordinated, poorly, with other people.

[Schroedingersat]

I meant the razor thin margins due to centrally controlled food distribution and sales, and dealing with shit like computers on a tractor that have a tantrum if you replace an oil filter yourself.

Shit be physically hard and long hours, but the people responsible for it also being precarious, low income, and incredibly financially stressful are the same people that make the other stuff awful.

[octoberfranklin]

> dealing with shit like computers on a tractor that have a tantrum

The completely obvious solution is to not buy those tractors.

[_8j50]

Being alone loses its appeal fast, especially if you're also alone after work or you only have spouse+kids

[_8j50]

It sucks only if you care about that. Depends on the person a lot. I like what I do, it's almost an escape from the nightmares of life. I also don't have to be stressed all the time about paying bills. Not caring as cliché as it is, is truly freeing. I learn about cool stuff when not working or just watch netflix or something.

[UncleMeat]

I wouldn't even say "when your goal is profit." I'd say "when your goal is a full plate." Growing food in quantities anywhere approaching what you can buy at the supermarket for a few dollars is remarkably hard. The number of cases of "I worked for months on those pepper plants and I got eight small peppers" or "my carrots are so small they are completely unusable" is high.