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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by hpen on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:20PM (#23371892)
This sounds like absolute hell to me
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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by paulcole on Sunday May 31, 2020 @04:06PM (#23372259)
I had ultimate and total freedom to do exactly what I wanted. If that’s not heaven I don’t know what is.
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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by hpen on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:53AM (#23378423)
"I had ultimate and total freedom to do exactly what I wanted"

That does sound like heaven. Watching TV all day does not.

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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by jlokier on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:55PM (#23374201)
Fwiw, I agree with you.

Freedom to choose is what it's about.

I'm really glad you got to enjoy those 3 years.

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