Re:Ask HN: Outdoor jobs for geeks?
by jasonkester on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @01:52PM
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Computer Programmer.
Look, there aren't that many careers that will pay you $100+/hr on a short-term contract. Take one of those for six months, then go hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Then ride your bike to Florida.
That's a full year plan, half of which is spent outdoors, at the end of which you'll still be about $50k ahead of where you would have been if you'd taken a job planting trees for the forest service.
We really do have it better than just about everybody else. Do yourself a favor and take advantage of it!
Look, there aren't that many careers that will pay you $100+/hr on a short-term contract. Take one of those for six months, then go hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Then ride your bike to Florida.
That's a full year plan, half of which is spent outdoors, at the end of which you'll still be about $50k ahead of where you would have been if you'd taken a job planting trees for the forest service.
We really do have it better than just about everybody else. Do yourself a favor and take advantage of it!