[mikewarot]

I became interested in machining, and took a job making gears because it seemed interesting. The financials changed, and I was trapped in it. In 2020, I got Covid, a mild case... but then Long Covid has removed me completely from the workforce.

I have tons of regrets, mostly unrelated to the above. I'm still programming and tinkering in my copious free time, with what energy I have.

The gear making job was interesting, and tiring, but I didn't worry about it 24x7 like my IT Admin job. When you left for the day, you were done. Bonus is that you had made something that could be used potentially for a hundred years or more. The downsides were the pay and the commute were both horrible.