• themaninblack@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 hours ago

      I’m now a programmer with about 20 years of experience. You’re very impressive. Do you have advice for me?

      • FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
        31·
        19 hours ago

        Depending on the time of year they will dodge or attack me. So they are very interactive. My wife can pet them.

        We got them because hawks were taking out chickens. After we got geese that stopped. In addition to being excellent guard animals they also mow the grass and in the spring they give us giant eggs.

        After the initial cost to buy, raise for a month until they can be outside and their housing they can live entirely on grass making them practically free to maintain. Best farm investment ever.

  • Zink@programming.dev
    7·
    14 hours ago

    One foot in each world here!

    I still have my tech job (embedded systems) and in the next few days I am literally going to be building a chicken coop and finishing a filter upgrade on my pond.

    I’ve referred to this meme several times in the past few months to describe myself, lol.

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 hours ago

      A friend’s boss retired to become a children’s book writer.

      Money–or lack thereof-- is what really hinders most of us to do what we want. I grew up admiring polymaths and I want to do whatever I want because I want to learn about the world. But it is in the past couple of years which I realised, that the polymaths I admired? They are rich while I’m not. Polymaths in the past were more common back then because they inherited lots of money from their parents as safety net, and don’t have to worry about specialising and finding a “secure job” but is soul sucking.