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    Good one. Made me smile and being thankful for not being a programmer anymore.

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          Those were definitely on the list. As was moving to a hut in the woods and living of the land. :)

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              Yeah. Don’t burn yourself out on the job. No one will thank you for it. It can be hard, I still have problems saying no. Go figure.

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                In my time as a sound engineer, I learned to say no. Compared to sound engineering (as in, live sound engineer), being a dev is a walk in the park.

                No more 16 hour work days, no more tours with getting only 6 hours of sleep each night. No stressing out over a technical issue 15 minutes before show time. I could go on and on :P

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                  Coming from a job where dev work feels like vacation. Sheesh. Good on you, man.

                  Edit: if you are a man. Shouldn’t assume really.

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                    Yes I am a man and yes, dev work feels like a vacation to me. 😅

                    But in all honesty, I still do sound engineering but only as a volunteer in a small local venue about twice a month. That’s fun, no stress, just doing things I love to do. Meeting cool people, making sure the crowd enjoys the show. Fun stuff.

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              I saw a documentary of a dude who moved to Alaska and built a hut and lived there for basically the rest of his life. Think he moved up there in like 1930-50 or something. He filmed his life as well. But not everyone will have the skills to do something like that. Inspiring stuff though.

              Edit: don’t try and find it, though. It is too powerful for mere mortals.

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        First biomedical engineer at a hospital and now tech service for medical diagnostics and automation.

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          How did you make the switch? Going back to uni?

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            No, you don’t actually have to be a biomed to work as one in Sweden. I have engineering background and I guess I’m pretty technical overall. I actually didn’t know there were biomeds at hospitals. I got sort of a test employment through a government program and they liked me so I got to stay.

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      You left the fold!! What did you move into if you don’t mind me asking :)

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        I pretty much had to. Burned out completely. Took years to even think about working again. But enough about me, what’s up with you these days? :D

        Right, your question. First BioMed at a hospital and then tech service for analytics and automation. See my answers elswere in the thread as well.

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          Ahhh got ha and understandable.

          I’m fortunate that I work for myself and kind of pick and choose the clients and jobs I work with. It’s nothing too taxing and I generally build higher level functionality into websites that sort of thing :)

          Keeps the wolves from the door and food on the table !