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What is your repurposing plan, if you don't mind my asking? I am trying to think of alternatives too, but it's quite stressful.

Thanks for the response. When you say "one slice of the industry", is the suggestion to understand the core business of whatever I'm building instead of being the "specs to code" p…

I think you're right about trying to stay one step ahead of product requirements. Maybe my issue here is that I'm looking for another "path" where one might not exist, at least not…

Good write-up. I don't disagree with any of his points, but does anybody here have practical suggestions on how to move forward and think about one's career? I've been a frontend (…

Really well said. I would even go further and say that the "smart people with expertise" even disagree on matters like this and are operating on imperfect, vague information. Knowi…

You should write them down. I would love to read them, and I'm positive many others would, too. The 90s gaming scene is incredibly fascinating to read about, especially as it start…

Really enjoyed this comment--thanks for sharing. Game development really sounds like such a different beast from standard line-of-business programming. Always enjoy hearing stories…

Thanks. I love that. #3 and #4 are helpful. I need to get out of the "This is the most important thing ever!" impulse when it arises. My mind goes into a complete overhaul in that …

Thanks for the response. Really appreciate it. This is really helpful. The existential need you mentioned is really powerful. Now that you mention it, the last time I felt really m…

Thanks for the suggestion! I tried this a decade ago, for something unrelated, and I recall it not having much of an effect, but if I’m being honest I don’t remember if I gave it e…

Cheers! Thank you for the link. I will give this a watch this evening. I’ve enjoyed a lot of Rich’s podcast guests in the past actually.

Can you share how you got through this period and found alignment? I’m going through something similar to what you’ve described. Not the hospital situation—I’m sorry to hear about …

Wow, what a perfect description—“impulses happening erratically in my mind.” I’ve been trying to…get to the root of this in my own life lately. I also find myself writing feverishl…

Well said! I was thinking something along these lines--that there must be some sort of correlation between physical health and mental sharpness. Maybe that's why professors are typ…

Thanks. That's good advice. I have noticed a tendency to shy away from things more often lately--when I'm diving into one of our legacy systems at work, for example, if I come acro…

Appreciate it. I was thinking of reading more books, too, but it might be better to think about what I want to achieve, as you mentioned. It's all quite vague in my head. I just fe…

You may be onto something here--I definitely have slipped in taking care of the whole organism. My sluggishness might be a symptom of that.

Heavy books and scientific papers about anything I find interesting? Or about things in my work domain?

Yeah, I do wonder how much of this is "smartphone-induced" sometimes. I can almost "feel" my brain growing increasingly sluggish by the day...maybe a break is in order.

An odd question, but something I've never really considered until lately. How does one become smarter? I'm in my early 30s right now. I can feel my brain waning here and there--thi…

Yeah, I'm thinking of slicing and dicing it up for some sort of combination here if that's possible (there are others involved in this vacation). Thanks--that's a good idea to expl…

Yeah, that's a good point. I'm "guessing" if I'm on the chopping block, the vacation won't make or break it either way.

Thanks. Yeah in my head it seems crazy that something like a 7 business day vacation would put a target on my back, but I'm still stressed about it nonetheless. Thanks for the inpu…

That's the problem--I could see myself doing both :( Guess I have to make a decision soon

Hello HN! I am planning to take 7 business days off in early March for a vacation. Thursday of Week 1 all the way to Friday of Week 2. However, with all the recent layoffs, I'm wor…