Daily Productive Sharing 1258 - Changing Directions

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Jacob Kaplan-Moss has decided to leave the tech industry—hopefully for good, or at least for a while:

1. He loves the work itself but hates his career in tech.
2. He’s been working in the industry off and on for over 25 years, and his feelings about it have changed dramatically over time.
3. Since at least 2016, he had been thinking about leaving, but lacked the courage to make a real change.
4. Walking away from a stable, well-paying tech job is, financially speaking, a _very bad_ decision. He makes it clear he would never judge those who can’t—or don’t want to—make such a “bad” decision.
5. But now that he has the ability to do it, he’s going to.
6. His plan is to move into emergency medical services: he’ll begin EMT training this fall, and he’s already volunteering with the county’s search-and-rescue team.

I know a coach who made a similar choice. A few years ago, he suffered a sudden pulmonary embolism and barely made it through. After recovering, he switched careers to driving ambulances full-time and now only teaches CrossFit on the side. When I saw him again earlier this year, he looked completely different—much older. I asked if he still trains. He said yes, just not with the same intensity. If he hadn’t been training before, he might not have survived that embolism.

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Jacob Kaplan-Moss 决定离开科技行业。希望是“永远离开”；如果不行，至少是“暂时离开”:

1. 他热爱自己的工作，但讨厌自己的职业生涯。
2. 他在科技行业断断续续工作了超过 25 年，在这段时间里，他对这个行业的感觉发生了巨大变化。
3. 从至少 2016 年起，他就一直在思考离开这个行业，但一直缺乏足够的勇气去真正做出改变。
4. 离开一份不错的科技职业，在财务上是个非常糟糕的决定。他绝不会批评那些做不到或不愿意做出如此“糟糕”决定的人。
5. 既然他现在有能力做出这个改变，他就要去做。
6. 他的计划是进入急救医疗领域：今年秋天将开始 EMT（紧急医疗技术员）培训，并且已经开始在当地县的搜救队担任志愿者。

我认识的一位教练也做出了类似的选择。他前几年突然肺血栓，抢救回来之后，他转行全职开救护车，业余时间教教 Crossfit。今年年初再见到他时，他完全变了样，苍老了很多。我问他现在还练吗？他说练，只是不像原来那样的强度了。要是之前没有练的话，估计都不一定能挺过那次肺血栓。

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