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> The only way to escape this is to take on a huge pay cut and work at a company that doesn't care about growing profits. Go ahead, you first.

Gladly! Where do I sign up?



What's your background, and what are your skills?

I did this in 2022 [1] and have really liked my new work. There are a lot of nonprofits doing important things, and I think it's likely you could switch to one.

[1] https://www.jefftk.com/p/leaving-google-joining-the-nucleic-...


OT: what's your blog based on?

I looked for a colophon / about site page with no joy.

Source suggests it's simply hand-coded HTML?

Hrm... Apparently, plus some webscripts?

<https://www.jefftk.com/p/designing-low-upkeep-software>

<https://github.com/jeffkaufman/webscripts/blob/master/makers...>


That's right: I draft each post in HTML, then have some scripts which add indexes, headers, footers, and css, and make an RSS feed.


Thanks, pretty cool.

I also like the article preview hack.


Thanks! Implementation details: https://www.jefftk.com/p/preview-on-hover


there are lots of swe jobs with the government.


I would rather not involve myself with the government of my country.




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