On 08/16/2011 02:33 AM, Leigh Porter wrote:
How do you guys find time for all this?
I live in a smallish apartment that doesn't require much cleaning and have a room mate who handles all the errands/logistics in exchange for free rent and access to my awesome lab. Been doing this for a few years now. Works very well and beats having kids. LOL.
then I got married,
I did a ton more stuff, acquired more gear when I got married. Before I was married I travelled non stop and had nothing more then my laptop and a box at my parents house as my "cloud". Once I settled down, I begin to acquire gear.
had three kids
This will kill off productivity time for sure. Until you have enough of them that are old enough to support site operations. But bootstrapping that is difficult.
and started a Theology PhD program..
I've avoided school. However I'm constantly learning. So I work full time and do about 4 hours a day of hacking. Weekends I do no hacking. This works well for me.
Now anything I do at home is purely practical.
The things I've been doing are practical. I haven't touched the lab rack yet. That's next months project.
I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a backblaze account and using Randy's fantastic sync thing that he mentioned. I really do not want 18 months of research to vanish.
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