Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by splintercell » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:46 AM UTC

atonse wrote: post #286

petilon wrote: post #230

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> rich enough to never work again Congrats... but be careful. Some young people underestimate the amount of money needed to "never work again". If you're not working then you don't have group health insurance. You're in the individual market, which often has crappy insurance providers. If you have a serious health issue, and get into a dispute with the insurance provider, your illness can cost millions. If you have >…

Thank goodness for Obamacare (at least in the mid-Atlantic US). Before Obamacare, individual plans were absolute shit (my individual plan wouldn't have covered my wife's pregnancy with our first kid... her job's insurance did). Thanks to Obamacare, individual plans have the same coverage as employer plans. Without Obamacare I couldn't have started my company which now employs 9 people in well paid tech jobs (without…

I’m not sure if I agree with your experience, in New York City Obamacare plans are horrendously bad, The coverage comes nowhere near to the crappiest employer plan. I had to hire a Nigerian kid to just call the doctors listed on Obamacare website which accepted the silver plan, and about only 40% of the doctors really did (this was for a delivery). $1400 per month for a mother and a child. I currently pay $1400 per month for coverage in all the US through open access for a full family of four (because I live in a place where Obamacare isn’t applicable so the prices are relatively dirt cheap and allows special deals with mainland insurers to get that coverage most mainlanders don’t get).

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by infogulch » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:48 AM UTC

is0tope wrote: post #305

I've done side projects before, but I feel like I don't have a knack for business. I decided to try and start writing after it was suggested to me many times. I work in the finance/crypto space, so decided to try and write some articles about the basics on my personal blog ( https://machow.ski ). So far I am enjoying it, though it's a lot of work! Getting people to read what you write is also not straight forward.

I wonder if something like a reading ring would be a good idea -- like the converse of a weblog ring, but instead of linking to the other blog you'd read and comment on a post they made, and in exchange someone else would read and comment on your posts. Might be a good way to get early readership and feedback.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by jcun4128 » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:49 AM UTC

Working on something that's in beta might be something. So I do two jobs at the moment. When I have more time though want to get back into robotics/lower level stuff, been in JS/web dev/app stuff most of my brief career. Eventually dream is little autonomous robots particularly the underwater ones. Flew my DLG probably last time for the year as it's getting colder.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by is0tope » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:50 AM UTC

itsrajju wrote: post #309

is0tope wrote: post #305

I've done side projects before, but I feel like I don't have a knack for business. I decided to try and start writing after it was suggested to me many times. I work in the finance/crypto space, so decided to try and write some articles about the basics on my personal blog ( https://machow.ski ). So far I am enjoying it, though it's a lot of work! Getting people to read what you write is also not straight forward.

Hey I like your writing style! I've signed up to your mailchimp. Congratulations on the new blog and keep going :)

Thanks, that's much appreciated!

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by is0tope » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:51 AM UTC

infogulch wrote: post #312

is0tope wrote: post #305

I've done side projects before, but I feel like I don't have a knack for business. I decided to try and start writing after it was suggested to me many times. I work in the finance/crypto space, so decided to try and write some articles about the basics on my personal blog ( https://machow.ski ). So far I am enjoying it, though it's a lot of work! Getting people to read what you write is also not straight forward.

I wonder if something like a reading ring would be a good idea -- like the converse of a weblog ring, but instead of linking to the other blog you'd read and comment on a post they made, and in exchange someone else would read and comment on your posts. Might be a good way to get early readership and feedback.

I'm guessing something like this must exist already, though perhaps not in an academic way like you suggest!

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by tdstein » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:51 AM UTC

I didn't win the IPO lottery, but I won the life lottery and am fortunate to be living off my spouse's salary for the immediate future. I quit my full-time position a few months back. Since then, I've been exploring different "work" replacements. I tried freelancing and noodled on starting my own business. Finally, I've decided to apply for a Ph.D. program.

But, the most important thing I've learned these past few months is that work isn't life. Instead, I'm beginning to view "work" as a hobby that I enjoy. Not the thing that is going to provide absolute meaning to my existence. I feel better and have a much easier time de-stressing.

I just hope I can maintain this perspective if I am accepted and commit to graduate school.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by HanaShiratori » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:54 AM UTC

awayto wrote: post #163

I am developing a framework to spin up web applications very fast. Right now it incorporates: - an RDS postgres instance with a curated set of DB scripts with auditing baked in - Lambda/API Gateway based API - fully implemented with users, roles, groups - application level authorization - Cognito for user authentication (sign up or admin created) - S3/CF for hosting/files - React frontend - all in Typescript with a r…

Just wondering, why did you decide to build this around proprietary, managed cloud infrastructure when the core utilities are open source? Doesn't this unnecessarily lock many use cases into AWS?

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by silentsea90 » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:55 AM UTC

philangist wrote: post #180

I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…

Lucky you! A lot of us older than you don't have that luxury :)

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by waldohatesyou » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:55 AM UTC

I wish I had something interesting to say here but honestly, kind of depressed. Not the clinical kind of course but more the aimless 24 year old kind.

I've been working at this startup (or perhaps scaleup would be a better term considering they're already worth 7 billion dollars). It's great career-wise. I'm learning a lot and I feel like I'm being compensated fairly. But I thought my life would feel "complete" once I was satisfied with my professional position but it still isn't. Not to mention, I'm not super sure where to go from here.

It doesn't help that I've been feeling awfully lonely. The close friends that I thought I made in university don't seem to care much for me these days. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they're happy and whatnot. I'm not mad at them for choosing other folks over me, it just makes me wonder what the point of those friendships was in the first place.

But ah well, that's just life I suppose. I hope anyone reading this is having a better go of it than me :)

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by agf » Tue, Nov 02, 2021, 3:57 AM UTC

heavyset_go wrote: post #136

agf wrote: post #55

I posted on a thread about burnout back in May about quitting my job[1] after nine years, this seems like an invitation to post an update. I used the time off to travel around in a van, hiking, eating, camping, and visiting friends. I'm now back in the city and catching up all of the life stuff that I put on hold for the pandemic and / or travel -- minor remodeling, maintenance, friends I didn't really get to see dur…

Looking back, were there any warning signs about burnout that you noticed, and is there anything you would have done differently in hindsight?

I don't really have too many regrets about it, there would have been both advantages and significant disadvantages to leaving sooner.

Certainly being a bit less emotionally invested would have reduced the burnout, and lots of people stay motivated and do great work without that level of commitment.