[nelsonic]

Ended my last software engineering role in 2022 and have been doing carpentry and recently welding since then. Huge pay cut. 10x the satisfaction of building something tangible. If you can afford to scale back your lifestyle, and take time to learn the skills, do it! You won’t regret it.

[mikewarot]

It is quite rewarding knowing that that many of the gears I made between 2015-2020 will still be in use in the year 2100.

However, the pay and the commute across Chicago sucked.