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ejlanor

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ejlanor··on Ask HN: What are some comfy/stress-free jobs a SWE can do? (LCOL country)
Europe is doable if you got housing handled, not comfortable saying exact country, but my situation is similar to the commenter from The Netherlands.

Bit cheaper than NL here, don't have to pay rent but I am helping family out financially, so ending up around $20k/year too.

ejlanor··on Ask HN: Has anyone built anything useful using AI?
Curious to know this too.

I miss the pre LLM days on HN when hype was spread around various topics instead of it just being about AI.

ejlanor··on Ask HN: What are some comfy/stress-free jobs a SWE can do? (LCOL country)
Music, programming, gaming.

I feel like programming is the only one that is realistically monetizeable out of those.

ejlanor··on Ask HN: What are some comfy/stress-free jobs a SWE can do? (LCOL country)
Flexible on time, just looking to minimize stress.

Remote jobs of course, local scene is not great both in terms of salary and work culture.

Money wise, my living expenses are around $20k/year. And last full time job I was making around $60k/year in a senior level role.