The problem is that most of the world has congestion issues and crazy high levels of pollution (both noise and air). Most bicycle licensing schemes have been dropped in cities they had them because it craters ridership. Training or education is needed but licensing is absolutely not the way to go. Maybe the police could educate? Where I live, the police will stop you and tell you what rule you broke and let you go. Do it again and this time you get a fine etc. Why not do the same in that case? E scooters and these lime/bird/Whatever todayâ(TM)s VC brining money pile is are an annoyance and I hate them too. But I feel this is a city issue. They could ban them altogether or collect and dispose of them as the abandoned garbage that they are when users are done with them. Maybe then the company that owns them will try harder to make sure the users park them better. And in the case of idiots riding bikes or scooters like morons, itâ(TM)s far more dangerous to themselves than others, so they might be one of the reasons cars are registered etc and bicycles arenâ(TM)t. A car is a killing machine on wheels, it mows down pedestrians and cyclists and can go rather fast.

> the better console to TV cables For digital video signal (hdmi), there are no better cables. It either works or it doesnâ(TM)t. I agree with your point though, either I own the games or I donâ(TM)t. If I ever get it, Iâ(TM)ll buy the version with the disc reader just so that I can buy and sell my used games.

I really wonder where is the evidence that cobol skills yield huge salaries. Since last year, Iâ(TM)ve been looking for job ads or any evidence (other than anecdotal, ie an open job for cobol with above average pay range) and never found any. There are plenty of offshore cobol shops that will race each other to the bottom, but I never saw any jobs in North America or Europe that are cobol and pay well. Iâ(TM)d love to see evidence to the contrary if anyone has any because Iâ(TM)m looking for an easy and relaxing job as I grow tired of the latest JavaScript fad in a restless âoeagileâ company.

What did you change to?

I didn’t study software, but I’ve loved it since I can remember. So after graduating from an unrelated degree, I started writing software for money. I loved it. Now it’s been a bit over ten years, and I don’t enjoy it anymore. It’s all about writing bad code and poor decisions from business school graduates. North American startups burnt me out (twice) by working their developers as hard as they can, chew them out after 9-12 months, and hire someone fresh in their stead. So I moved to the EU and joined a more "enterprise", 30 year old company. I thought it would be easier and slower. It was not: it's chaos, but in a different way. It still sucks. I'm not a workaholic, so I leave work after my 8h a day are done. I've never accepted to work overtime, especially not when it's to fix management's failure to plan. But what then? I don’t want to manage because I hate meetings and the bullshit that come with them. I need to work for 5–7 more years before I have enough money to sauf fuck it and never work again if I don’t want to. That’s not so much time within a lifetime, but it’s a long time to do a job you don’t enjoy. Software is where I have the most experience and the most earning potential. I’d love to leave software now, but I can’t see what I’d do that pays as well outside of management. Would really love to hear from people who have left it: what do you do now?