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OC375

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3. Drop Out

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 01:04 PM

Jun 2025

53 years old. Been doing IT since the last century. SysAdmin for Unix, SAP & Oracle. When AI ends this job someday, I’m leaving IT and taking my troubleshooting skills out of corporate circulation. I’d rather live cheap in a small town and making small money doing less stressful work for small business or small government. Let’s see how they like Gen X going “Galt”.

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