True for me.

I think it has more to do with maturing with age rather than the tech itself. At least in my case. And I don't really want a farm. But living in the wild is pretty cool and calming.

I was a nix admin. For two decades. Printers are banned in my house. My only IoT device is a Roku stick. I have 6 geese, 4 ducks, 14 chickens, too many cats, one acre, a number of raised beds, fruit trees and grape vines. I'm now a handyman.

I fit the profile.

Surprised no one pointed out that it is a screenshot from the movie oblivion. If you have not seen oblivion, go watch it. It has an excellent soundtrack by M83

My original plan when going to IT university was to make 1 money-milking website and move to a forest in middle of nowhere...

I have dreamed of this life since before I was in tech.

I was born in a passive-solar, earth-sheltered house that my dad designed and built himself. Instead of a stack of Playboys he had Mother Earth News in the back of the closet. My parents owned one of the first Priuseseses in the US.

For a wonderful few years I had this life. I raised pigs and chickens and managed my property. I got into the best shape of my life, physically and mentally, and just stepping out of my front door made me feel more alive than I've felt since I had to move back to the burbs. (I don't think people realize how little oxygen they get in urban and suburban environments.)

Though I am stuck in the suburbs for now I am determined to get back to that. I would rather wake up to a hungry pig tearing apart its enclosure than to another fucking meeting.

This is mostly true, but farming/ranching is constant work once you have even a modest amount of land and livestock.

I grew up in a low-net-worth family, working on a farm that has been in our hands since 1873. I worked 3 jobs while studying my butt off, and eventually got a degree in Electrical Engineering with a Computer Science minor. I was recruited into various government programs and defense contracting companies, made my way to consumer electronics and medical device companies, then finally free- and open-source hardware/software. I now gratefully hold a very prestigious position while living full-time in my RV while prepping a fully self-sustainable homestead back on my family's ranch.

There is no substitute for the beauty of nature in the small amount of time we're able to appreciate it. That said, there are many many many to enjoy nature without sacrificing vacations for the vocation of fixing fence, herding cattle, plowing fields, eradicating invasive species, calling the game warden on poachers, fixing fence....

Not far off. I wouldn't do well with owning and maintaining a farm, but damn do I yearn for a career change often

Farm? I would take a single acre of overgrown wasteland on a former landfill if it was a legal option to live there.

Absolutely not. Farming isn't anywhere as romantic as those city slickers think. I'd certainly like to get off the hamster wheel but shovelling manure isn't anywhere on the list if things I'd rather do instead.

Sitting in that office I literally felt my life ending. I contemplated all the ways it could be better. Carcrash. Fire. Get superhigh and destroy.

Otoh, I love my projects deeply.

It’s sad how integrated with tech that farming has become.

I work in tech and long for something like this, sadly I got in very late in life and will never earn enough. I could change companies to max my earnings but honestly where I work now is 33 hours a week and incredibly flexible and manage my neurodivergence very well.

Not a farm, but I'd like to open a coffee shop or bistro type place someday. The kind of place where people in my neighborhood can meet up to chat and grab a really good sandwich, not just stare at their laptops.

Somewhat - I still have a softspot for my ROG Ally and IPad for reading, but yes I would like to have the option of engaging in tech when I want and not be forced to because of survival

Can confirm , bought farm. No sewage , no water. (But fibre internet)

I have worked in tech since 2011 and I'm definitely looking for a way out. Don't think I'm cut out for farming though.

ngl, i thought about becoming a farmer, but i value living in a society above living on a farm, though both are actually important to me.

the thing is to be a farmer in today's economy is close to impossible, and also i lack experience and equipment.

Just said almost exactly this not a week ago.

https://lemmy.today/comment/20889621

Goose farmer

Yes but I'll still have a Linux thinkpad on the farm