AstonJ

AstonJ

What interests do you have outside of coding?

I’ve just discovered that @asgartech is a writer! And a pretty good one at that - according to his goodreads reviews - and that got me wondering, what interests do you have outside of the dev arena?

Or maybe you have some hidden (or not so hidden!) talent that you reckon we might be interested in knowing? :upside_down_face:

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wolf4earth

wolf4earth

I too like to hike but as a father of two little kids (too little to reasonably come along) I get to do it very rarely. Luckily I was able to do it yesterday with a good friend and we did a very nice long tour through the woods.


At some point I would love to do some long distance hiking. Somewhere remote. My backpack and me. But that requires a lot more preparation.

Beyond that I’m pretty deep into role-playing games. I like to read and try out indie games like Dread (a horror game with a Jenga tower instead of dice), Ten Candles (again a horror game, literally using 10 candles), Everyone is John (a hilarious competitive one-page RPG, where every player plays a voice in John’s head), and loads more.

At the moment I’m running a Blades in the Dark campaign, where the players embody a group of scoundrels doing heists in the victorian, ghost-infested city of Doskvol. It’s a great game which elegantly captures the feeling of heist movies in it’s rules.

If I don’t pretend to be a responsible parent, hike, or roleplay l like to indulge in some video games (recently bought a PS4), a series, or a book. Right now I play “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided”, watch the 4th season of “13 reasons why”, and read “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed.

asgartech

asgartech

Thanks, @AstonJ. I don’t really make a secret of it, but I don’t spend much effort on promotion either since my work is “out of print” and my publisher all but defunct. However, if you manage to find my website you’ll find that I provide free copies.

what interests do you have outside of the dev arena?

This is a good question, but I’m going to be honest with you. Writing isn’t an interest I have “outside the dev arena”. It’s what I’d rather be doing; I became a developer because writers who aren’t outrageously lucky need either a day job or a rich and tolerant spouse.

Thus I suspect a good question to go with yours would be: how many developers are only in it for the money and would rather be doing something else?

ohm

ohm

Hahaha, we recently bought a house and I too got way into houseplants.

This is my small setup.

We also just bought a greenhouse, but the remaining parts have yet to be delivered. :frowning_face:

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