Two updates:

(1) I'm leaving the tech industry. Hopefully "for good"; at the very least, "for now"

(2) If you subscribe to my blog, the content's gonna change; I'm dropping the editorial focus I've had since 2020 and going back to writing about whatever the heck I want. Some of the same stuff, some new stuff, we'll see.

More here: https://jacobian.org/2025/jun/3/changing-directions/

Changing Directions - Jacob Kaplan-Moss

<p>I have two important announcements:</p> <ol> <li> <p>I’m leaving the tech industry. Hopefully “for good”; if not, at least “for now”.</p> </li> <li> <p>As such, the content on this blog is going to shift, perhaps dramatically. I’m going to be writing about a broader range of topics that interest me (projects around my hobby farm, wilderness trips, emergency medicine) – more writing for <em>me</em>, less writing for some imagined audience. (I’ll probably still end up writing about some of the same topics as I’ve been covering since 2020, just less often.)</p> </li> </ol> <p>I’m writing this post mostly to give myself permission to make that change, and to give readers the opportunity to unsubscribe/unfollow if they’re not interested.</p> <p>If you’re interested in more details about why I’m leaving the industry and what’s next for me and this blog, read on.</p>…

@jacob I'm saddened that I won't have an excuse to catch up with you on a semi-regular basis at PyCons et al; but happy for you that you're both able to identify that you need to make a change in your life, and you have enough head room to be able to actually make that change.

I'm not sure I understand how being a paramedic will be *less* stressful though…🤣

@freakboy3742 I expect I’ll continue coming to PyCon/DjangoCon — for me it’s been more about the community and seeing my friends than about work for a long time. Hard to see giving that up!

And yeah the irony of choosing a field with an even WORSE burnout problem isn’t lost on me :)

@jacob @freakboy3742 nobody’s gonna tell you that you have to prove that an AI can’t do it before you’re allowed to start chest compressions though
@glyph @jacob Glyph, why are you giving the Torment Nexus new ideas?!
@freakboy3742 @jacob sadly, over here, we have *already* created the American healthcare system from the classic dystopian science fiction book “don’t create the American healthcare system”