@sil Good for you, especially if you're sincere to yourself about it. Imma just leave this here anyway :-) https://workchronicles.com/dream-job/
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Not to say that I don't end up tinkering with computers and programming, just the target of the stuff that I do in my spare time tends to be focused on microcontrollers rather than more powerful devices.
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