[Dutchie987]

Not me, but a good friend. He was a well-paid developer but got fed up with the inevitable management shenanigans.

He now sells hamburgers and hotdogs at festivals. He only works in the summer months (when the festivals are held) and enjoys life the other half of the year.

I envy him greatly.

[ranger_danger]

How does he make enough money to survive? And more importantly, enjoy life?

[cjk2]

Dunno I know someone who doubled their hedge fund salary running a cheese sandwich wagon.

[moltar]

Can’t speak for the OP. But I knew the guy in Canada selling Polish hot dogs. Apparently he cleared about 150K (20y ago) working half a year. The other half he went to Poland. It’s all about the location. His was right next to a uni busy street.

[gaws]

> How does he make enough money to survive?

He probably saved a lot of money from his days of being a "well-paid" developer and has since lived off that.

[Dutchie987]

While I don't have figures, he's doing very well.

[ProllyInfamous]

One of my favorite human interactions was two decades ago, after meeting a ski-town shuttle driver. Man was approximately sixty years old, then, and explained that for half the year he drove this bus in winter conditions (higher pay), and then the majority of the year (spring - autumn) traveled wherever his heart/feet desired.

At the time, I hadn't yet begun medical school but knew it probably wasn't going to pan out for me (it didn't thank god!). Instead, I became a union electrician and worked in data centers for several years, then began my own residential service (would not recommend the latter; homeowners are in aggregate not-ideal customers).

I'm currently in no hurry to figure out "what next," other than for reasons of ongoing sanity. For two years I was primarily an electrical inspector, but it gets really exhausting when nobody ever reads your inspection report until pending litigation... so who knows; thankfully my savings allow me to be in no immediate rush/concern.

tl;dr: selling hamburgers sounds nice (although not sure on the financial$-aspect).