Having recently picked up woodworking after building my own office desk, this hit rather close to home.
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I get some of the same feelings working on home automation and creating my own IOT devices.
Been remodeling a house that we just bought and this has been a my experience as well. I just enjoy making things. Software, home automations, wood, anything. The joy of building. I think that’s what it is.
I’ve been software developer for +7 years, and I must say I also love woodworking. Since is something completely out of my scope as developer, it requires patient and is pretty relaxing working with your hands like this. No client changes, no meetings, instant feedback… and no dependency managers.
This.
My friends/family: this is amazing, you could sell these!
Thank you for the compliment, but no. Absolutely no. I make plenty of money at my day job. I enjoy making sawdust and wood chips, and want to keep enjoying it.
I guess we are just addicted to building things xD
With woodworking you actually get to hold your creations.
This is the reason I got interested in embedded software development.
I feel like sewing belongs here. And cooking, at least to some degree.
Sewing for sure, especially machine sewing. I feel like I’ve got as much time invested in fighting and maintaining our sewing machines as in our Windows machines. 😛
And then there’s that whole transition between pattern (spec) and outcome that is oddly reminiscent of far too many of my software projects!
How about homebrewing?
Woodworking has the same highs as software engineering (and even more if you spend enough time around glue).
They love homebrewing too
I find myself in the same boat, but with 3D printing
I’m not good at making things, but I’m not bad at telling computers how to make things.
