This is cool project, the effects look great! makes me think of 'Ruiner' computer game, the main character had an animated mask set in a cyberpunk world.
Been there several times. But with a current salary over $140k and a large family I have no idea where to start over without cutting back so far that it would massive disruptive repercussions. Management? Recruiting? Something illegal? I have been so awesome with computers for so long I've gotten so highly paid at it -- and yet I HATE technology and computers. Where is the off-ramp?
See I dont even hate tech, I just hate most of these tech jobs. I cant think of last time I felt intellectually challenged by a job and my job feels like copy / pasting (not literally, but writing the same boilerplate-esque webapps with a different database constantly). Sitting constantly for so many hours is also killing me
I'm in a similar situation. Tech has run its course with me. I can only relearn the same stuff so many times. I'm saving some money and are going to night school to study to be a financial advisor. I know it's going to be a while before I can get a job and may never earn what I'm earning now but I feel it will be a more satisfying career.
In the past, I've known people that have switched to sales in tech. They are more account managers than sales. I've thought about it but I can't handle the travel.
Start growing something, it really doesn't matter what, flowers, bees, mushrooms, veggies, fish..... The farmers of the world are retiring and or dying off, huge opportunity for anyone willing to put in the time and effort. If your worried about taking the leap, read some books or watch some youtube videos on it.
Interesting you say mushrooms. I just saw a show where there was a guy growing shitake mushrooms. They are relatively easy to grow and return on investment is good. You just have to find the right environment to grow them. This guy was growing them in an old iron mine where the temperature is very stable all year around -- 50-60 deg f.
Mushrooms are highly profitable and require very little space, especially Shitake. Just a few wet logs inoculated with Shitake spores and your off to the races! A quick google seach says the bottom wholesale price is $4 per pound, thats double the price of chicken with maybe 5% the work. Unfortunately after thinking about it a bit there really is no escaping tech, even mushroom growing involves a great deal of technology in work, from packaging and transportation systems to marketing schemes. Technology has seeped into every aspect of modern life! But farming sure beats the commuting and cubicles of office work!!
