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Interesting you say this. I've been a software engineer for ~13 years as well.

I find I have much more interesting and intellectual conversations with people outside of tech.

The tech crowd is incredibly "one note" personality-wise compared to the general population! One big reason I had to leave after ten years as a SWE.

You won’t meet the « general » population in the heartland. I understand the appeal of leaving the monoculture of SV tech, but deciding to farm instead is quite a leap.

> "I find I have much more interesting and intellectual conversations with people outside of tech."

No truer words have ever been written...

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