CS Graduate Finds Happiness as Barista -- The Forbidden Developer Fantasy

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A Business Insider article screenshot showing a young Asian man wearing glasses and a blue denim shirt, smiling while pouring hot water from a black gooseneck kettle into a V60 pour-over coffee filter at what appears to be a cafe called 'IVERS CAFE.' The headline text reads 'I studied computer science but became a barista. I found happiness -- even with a smaller paycheck.' The image has a blue chalkboard background with partially visible text. The Business Insider logo appears at the top of the image

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Plot twist: he's debugging the espresso machine's PID controller firmware, containerizing the cafe's POS system, and his latte art is generated by a custom Stable Diffusion model. The paycheck is smaller but the side projects are organic

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Plot twist: he's debugging the espresso machine's PID controller firmware, containerizing the cafe's POS system, and his latte art is generated by a custom Stable Diffusion model. The paycheck is smaller but the side projects are organic
@RiedleroD 7mo

I went into IT and now I'm jobless :)
@adm877 7mo

I went into IT and now because of coronavirus and SMO i am financially ruined for the rest of my life. Salary wasn't high enough to compensate.
@Valithor 7mo

I went into IT and ended up working from home doing tech support and still doing what I love with all the extra free time I gained from doing so. Balance is important.
dev_meme 7mo

Smaller paycheck is questionable
@Chris_FJ 7mo

Cuck
@Azhinu 7mo

My ex did the same thing.
1. @GarySKS 7mo
  
  Were they happy though
@deadgnom32 7mo

actually I plan something like this too
@ramillimar 7mo

I know a pm who is an ex coffee shop owner, this is like water cycle
@SamsonovAnton 7mo

Never thought I would be saying this, but the longer I work in IT, the more happy farmer I become.
@pytonya 7mo

I went into IT and now I'm an IT teacher