If it gets to the point where I can no longer find a tech job I am just going to buy a trailer, live somewhere cheap, and just make money doing odd jobs while spending most of my time programming what I want. I don't want to participate in a society where all I have for job options is a McJob or some Amazon warehouse.

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sandspar 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

>Buy a trailer, live somewhere cheap, do odd jobs

Unrelated to the discussion, but I love these kinds of backup plans. I've found that most guys I talk to have one. Just a few days ago a guy was telling me that, if his beloved wife ever divorces him, then he'd move to a tropical island and become a coconut seller.

(My personal plan: find a small town in the Sonoran Desert that has a good library, dig a hole under a nice big Saguaro cactus, then live out my days reading library books in my cool and shady cave.)

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bilsbie 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Is it hard to date living under a cactus?

	▲	antod 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes, that's where living under a date palm is better.
	▲	sandspar 6 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Nah dating under a cactus is easy: just don't be a prick.
	▲	beeflet 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		it must be easier than dating on top of a cactus

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robotnikman 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The future seems very uncertain right now and we are living in weird times. Its always a good idea to have a backup plan in case your career path doesn't work out!

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LPisGood 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Mine is forrest fire fighter. Surely with climate change there will not be a shortage of work, and while dangerous and bad for you, it seems kind of fun.

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triceratops 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> he'd move to a tropical island and become a coconut seller.

Is there a visa for that? Doesn't seem feasible unless he lives in a country that has a tropical island already.

	▲	mothballed 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Due the compact free association, US citizen can permanently settle to live and work in Micronesia with no visa or even any real checks other than a quick look at the passport.

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swader999 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's plan C, plan B is to one person SAAS a better app than my current company makes.

	▲	brainless 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is the best thing engineers can do. I moved to building as a solo founder. I am building an LLM enabled coding product and I teach. I'm hosting a session on Claude Code today, 134 guests signed up. I'm gradually planning to make money teaching for a few months while building the product.
	▲	AstroBen 6 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		until you realize the success of a business is way more dependent on non-engineering skills
	▲	robotnikman 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's actually a good idea. Now I just need to come up with an idea for an SAAS app. I was thinking originally or making one of the games on my project backlog and seeing how much I could make off it. Or creating one of the many idea I have for websites and webapps and see where they go.

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bilsbie 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is it hard to date with a trailer?

	▲	robotnikman 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Would be more difficult depending on where you live. My plan was to talk to others online and see if I could find someone willing to live such a simple life with me, maybe starting with an LDR first (I'm sort of doing that already)
	▲	mensetmanusman 6 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Not if it has a hitch.
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	▲	prawn 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Beginning to suspect this person is living in a trailer or cave and collecting info for their UniqueDating SaaS.

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euLh7SM5HDFY 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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