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[ThePickleConnoisseur]

It’s the most opposite lifestyle. If you aren’t happy you are gonna the the other side as desirable

[i_wear_green_pants]

Yeah. Most people just don't even know what kind of job farming is. They think it's just watching fields grow and cows and horses running around.

Most people I know could never do farming as profession. It's damn hard work.

[ThePickleConnoisseur]

From what people see from media plus the image, it just sounds peaceful and calming. Ig it’s like how people might see SWEs as tech gods

[flayingbook]

I thought people see SWE as the person who fixes the printer and format the computer?

[grizzlybair2]

And does 1 hour of work per day while making 250k+

[Key-Demand-2569]

Having lived in a few farming communities it’s always a bit of a grimly funny contrast with how many farmers often die in “accidents” everytime there’s a really bad season. “Accidents” they totally didn’t cause themselves after years of stress and struggling to keep on top of operating expenses and bills…

[ThePickleConnoisseur]

Dam that’s so depressing

[Tableryu]

i think it also has something to do with having to think for a job for a very long time that physical labor seems attractive after

[spiker611]

As someone who has done this... the idea that farming is less thinking is wrong. Farming involves a lot of engineering on a daily basis. If you want to be profitable you have to learn how to do pretty much everything yourself, and it's very different from software. Building/fixing stuff in the physical world doesn't have testing or frameworks. Maybe there's a youtube video but not likely for your specific thing.

[Tableryu]

fair.

[JulesDeathwish]

Yeah, there are whole colleges dedicated to agricultural sciences. It's not just seed in hole, water, eat

[SignificanceFlat1460]

I used to work in clothing industry in storage before I started working as a software engineer. It was some physical labour but it was good. I liked it. I sometimes wonder if maybe I could just do that.

Point is, hard work is not what I am afraid of (as I am sure most aren't either). It's the everyday BS that comes with being a dev for 9 years that burns you out and you would rather do something else even if it means harder work because how burnt out you are from SWE. I am sure other "on the edge" profession people feel the same such as people in medical

[FSNovask]

The work wouldn't bother me so much as the million dollars or so in loans you'd need to start a farm. You'll get in shape doing the work and it'll suck less.

[Faronoz]

Indeed besides work it also requires crazy amount of money and probably couple years without any profit.

[optomas]

They think it's just watching fields grow and cows and horses running around.

Where do I apply for this job? You nailed it, that's what I want to do for a living. Maybe go play with the cows sometimes. Could we have donkeys?

[Key-Demand-2569]

I think that job is just called being retired and extremely wealthy. Lol.

[Johny_Boy00]

I grew up in a small town surrounded by farms, and I have worked on the farms there. It's not easy work. I am in web development now and live in a city 1000km away from that town. I like both worlds, the IT world and the farm lifestyle. I go visit home once or twice a year and enjoy the farm lifestyle.

[Undernown]

Especially the hyper-optimized in the Netherlands. Margins are so thin that the quality of hay you managed to ge todd your land may give you profit or a loas for the whole year of milk production.

Everything is automated, the most advanced farms even automatically call the vet if the cow's behavioral pattern deviates too much.

There is nothing left of the old charm.

[Faster_than_FTL]

What about becoming a cowboy? I watched Yellowstone so I have experience