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Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?

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Re: Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?

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Post by DougN7 »

OulaX wrote: post #20
bitbasher wrote: post #14

What qualifies as "good income" where you live? How feasible is it to make your own business? It doesn't have to be a contract/service based role, you can simply sell a product. Depending on your income needs it may be enough to keep you afloat while you figure out a long term strategy.

Coming up with an idea for a product/service has always been the reason that stopped me from starting my own business!

You don’t have to come up with something original. If you see something and think you could do it better consider it.

Re: Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?

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Post by collingreen »

Some random ideas to add to the idea pile:

- find outsource dev shops near you and see if you can find work via them - find outsource dev shops NOT near you (different time zones) and offer to work with them to increase their off hours coverage - list yourself on work platforms like fiver and taskrabbit for lots of useful problem solving that isn't programming but where programming makes you more competent: organizing digital documents, fixing/creating excel models, integrating various business software, setting up CRMs, fixing vibe coded messes, making personal websites, setting up email on custom domains, sending order confirmation emails/texts, lead generation, sending notifications/emails when particular topics appear in news/regulation/official databases, keeping an online menu up to date for a company - offer cheap localization / "check and fix your ai generated localization" service -

Re: Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

I have found great comfort in doing volunteer work. It can be an excellent way to learn new technology, showcase your work, and build a network.

But that requires also being able to eat, and sleep under a roof, so taking "hold your nose" jobs may be required.

Also, learning and mastering difficult stuff, can be useful. "Full-Stack" is a very crowded field, with a lot of talented, hungry people.

I sincerely wish you the best.

Re: Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?

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Post by Esophagus4 »

Scarblac wrote: post #16
OulaX wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought about that, and still do! Unfortunately, I can't find a problem to solve, and believe me, I tried! Everything I come up with has been solved already with a better set of features.

Pick something that's getting popular elsewhere in the world but not yet in your country, and copy it?

And even better: tailor it for your country’s users.

There’s a whole host of US-centric products that work well in American-ish places, but fail to serve local users in non-Americanized markets.

(See: Baidu vs. Google in China)

Re: Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?

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Post by waterbadger »

brcmthrowaway wrote: post #28
waterbadger wrote: post #25

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Whats the best intro to Catholicism?

The official Catholic church catechism that was published in the 90s is good. Its older but Baltimore catechism “4” (it is the most adult oriented version) is also really good.
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