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Here’s a choose your own adventure. This will probably turn in to along and serious thread.
A) Stay with current “no remote work but there& #39;s a tiny hope that maybe you can if you create a reason” firm
B) Find something (rare in my expertise) that allows remote
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A) Stay with current “no remote work but there& #39;s a tiny hope that maybe you can if you create a reason” firm
B) Find something (rare in my expertise) that allows remote
1/14
I’m going to say right now, I hope this doesn’t come off as self pity. I understand things are really bad all over, and that a lot of people have it much worse than I do. Some of my concerns are selfish, but a major driving factor is family and there concerns. 2/14
I’ve lost two important people this year. At the beginning of the year, my step-mom; just two weeks ago, my older brother. I haven& #39;t been able to return home. Other family members facing health issues and just the ravages of time. A once a year visit is not enough. 3/14
The fire situation has me really down. Back home I would have defensible space. I would know where to go to help, who to contact. Here I’m just another trapped city rat. I& #39;m tired of breathing toxic air. 4/14
I miss the old workshops and tools, still on the family place. That sounds like I had something great, well great if you mean “some elbow room and freedom”. I’ve never had access to great, but I’ve had a lot of access to “make do”. 5/14
The situation over the past few years have been difficult. I am not in a position to buy where I am, and renting and logistics means no cutting metal, no welding, nothing real. I focus on small things, electronics and such, but before I felt free. 6/14
Back there, it was want to parkerize something? Sure I can do that. Fly RC planes? Yep. Here, I’m just another faceless suburbanite in an ant farm. 7/14
There are many options I think about. Creating content – I’ve always loved cameras, sound, lighting, editing. The barriers to entry are low in some regards, but very high in others. 8/14
I’ve always felt that kind of thing is a popularity contest, and I have never been one of the cool kids. And I’m not a kid anymore. The stress of now keeps pushing on my internal stress of just not being where I want to be in life. It’s an awful crossroads. 9/14
I’m not quite sure where to go. I do miss home. Yes, if anyone there remembers me I’ve probably got a reputation of being trouble. Thing is, that’s the kind of engineering I do best. 10/14
Find a problem. Pick at it, understand it, tear the problem apart until it’s not a problem anymore. With that attack mode, observations can be construed as critical. Some cultures don& #39;t like those who rock the boat. 11/14
I do go back to the idea (dream?) of “content creation”. I’ve done live TV; radio. Given talks at conferences. I enjoy this. I enjoy sharing, and teaching. And I may be wrong, but I feel like I’ve got a lot to share. 12/14
It’s been interesting watching this whole realm evolve. I still use this handle – and this persona – that come from a particular intersection of technology and exploration. Hacker culture. It has often made more sense to me than anything. 13/14
So there you go. No memes, thought leadership, influencer grade images. And possibly the most important thread I’ll ever write here. I don’t know where the path leads from here, and I realize a lot of us are in a tough spot. I sure hope it gets better. 14/14
