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Can confirm. Left my job in the software industry with no plans to return. Everyone asks how my break is going and I say “fine”, but I’m retired at 40.

The idea of being back at work in some 9-5 or 8-6 where my brain is still trying to solve the problems of the day as I lie in bed are over. Certainly a lot of parents can sympathize with the itch of “if I can get the kids to sleep I can get a few more hours in”. No more of that. I can finally be present. I’m done competing with smart people who have no kids, and an industry that expects workaholics.



I envy you. I love programming but I hate doing it for a living. The minute I can afford it, I’ll quit and never go back.


When I stopped doing it for a living, I started enjoying programming again. Now I build dumb things for my own pleasure, and it's great.


Unfortunately, I don’t have any other skills that could earn me anywhere near as much as software. What do you do for money now?


I run a website that helps people settle in Germany. It doesn't need to pay as much as software dev, so long as I can enjoy a more peaceful lifestyle.




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