[rambambram]

I worked as a garbage man to pay for the start of my software ventures. It was the best combination thinkable of sitting in a room on a chair behind a computer, being in the software clouds, typing away, and being outside, working out, having fun and getting enough sunlight.

These both completely different things balanced each other out perfectly.

[BuyMyBitcoins]

So you’re saying that collecting garbage enabled you to learn about garbage collection?

[akolbe]

Nice. I think the key thing here is, or was, the mix: the two activities complementing each other.

Also, perhaps, the knowledge that both were temporary and meant to lead to other, or better, things.

[HPsquared]

"Don't forget you're here forever" can be a real downer sometimes.