Re:25 years of coding, and I'm just beginning
by fizwhiz on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:50PM
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no snark meant, but do you have a family? How close have you converged to becoming a digital nomad (which is what you seem to imply your chase is all about)?
Re:25 years of coding, and I'm just beginning
by jmatthews on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:02PM
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I do have a family, and I find that very fulfilling. I do bemoan the time I have to spend working for others as time I'll not get back. Honestly having my first son really changed the math for me. I went from deriving joy from a job well done to realizing that time could have been better spent. Instead of being a good employee I am now trying to be a great dad. Work definitely gets in the way of that.
It is true that new subsistence is better than old subsistence, but its still serfdom with nicer clothes.
The chase, at least for me, is about having time and location freedom while enjoying a middle class living or better. It's not about being a billionaire, it's about being free.