Who happen to work in tech

When I am with the "creative" friends, who remind me there are other professions but that I am one who happens to work in tech, I remember why I chose against my creative side even though it keeps drawing me back. It is impossible to escape this duality, and it is easy to forget. Why am I in a highly stressful profession that threatens my mental health, when I could be much happier existing in the world as something else.

I chose to leave technology, but I cannot leave. I am drawn to it, I am addicted to its promise–of infinite progress, limitless ambitions, and all the experiences that those dreams promise.

I am an architect first, and how I build, in code or in words, is nowhere near as important as the object I am producing. I am determined to produce, and to support more producers in their efforts. Tech is the second discipline that captured my heart and my brain. Writing is the first. And both can exist in me at the same time.

I do not "happen" to work in tech. I cannot escape where I belong.