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Re: Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

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Post by zombieprocess »

etatoby wrote: post #26

Long-term: dating/relationships. I'm very outgoing, but I have love shyness or something like that. I basically don't date. I find the entire thing extremely stressful and unbearable. I've always been alone. Short-term: not much! I recently dropped everything and moved to the other side of the globe (Japan) on a student visa. I'm studying a very interesting language and culture and making friends with people from all…

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you? I always dream of this kind of stuff but then convince myself I am too old for this. I am 31.

Re: Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

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Post by newfie_bullet »

mrdependable wrote: post #31

I've been struggling with adulthood ever since turning 30 and starting a family. I have this image in my head of what life after 30 looks like from seeing my parents and all their friends doing basically the same thing as each other. It's not a life I want for myself, but every decision I make pushes me further and further in that direction. My mind has been programmed to think and act in a way that eventually lands…

Interested in knowing what the 'thing' is. Sounds like a good start tho.

Re: Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

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Post by newfie_bullet »

80386 wrote: post #30

I make I try to get at least one Git commit every day, but my job is pretty draining, so that doesn't happen. And sometimes all my projects get blocked on hard stuff that I don't have the energy to solve. For all I know, I might look alright on paper. I've co-authored a paper in a respectable journal, written a few Rails apps, a few desktop apps, and a crappy interpreter for an old language - which doesn't really use…

Nothing beats putting in the time, no one is a coding pro by default. Sounds like you're on the right path. Try finding a topic or area that interests you and dive in there a bit. Makes it easier to get those daily commits if it's interesting to you.

Re: Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

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Post by currymj »

stackola wrote: post #2

Sleep. Specifically, going to bed early enough regularly. Feels like my day has 24.5 hours, so each day shifts back by 30 minutes

you may enjoy this article:

http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/10/melatonin-much-more-tha...

if you scroll towards the bottom it talks about how you can use melatonin to deal with a weird sleep cycle like this.

Re: Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

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Post by roryisok »

tmaly wrote: post #23

Having enough time to do things. After you have a kid, you can only have one hobby. After you have two kids, it seems you can only have one hobby once in a blue moon.

Try four :*(

I sleep five hours a night and get up at 4 to start work so that i can spend the day with my family and not feel guilty about spending a measly one hour hobby coding or writing (and it kills me to choose)

For the record, love my kids, wouldn't change a thing. I just wish I didn't need those five hours sleep

Re: Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

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Post by JDazzle »

Finding a programming job.

I've taken classes, done simple stuff, talk about it with friends who are coders, but I just can't seem to get a job.

I've tried making a move to a programmer position in my last two jobs, but I either blow the interview, or my department holds me back cause they need me, or in my current job they tell me that they only hire level 3 engineers...

I can't find junior software engineer positions that would even interview me and it's become a thing that all I'll be good for is application support, no matter how much knowledge I show about programming and logic

edit: Thanks for the down vote!

Re: Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

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Post by dhruvkar »

tinktank wrote: post #24
Crazyontap wrote: post #17

I struggle with scaling up my business. I have been working from home for the past 10 years and I have websites that generate ok money ($100K/y). My struggle is I just can't get myself to hire my first full time employee. I tried it many years ago but after facing the headache of hiring, dealing with attrition, training, etc, it took away all my focus from work. I feel management is a skill I just don't have. Also wo…

Get a partner who is just as invested as you (deferred equity over a number of years works well) and lean on them for some of the management functions.

Finding a partner is just as hard (if not harder) than finding and managing a reliable employee.

This advice gets thrown around a lot, and while it's helpful as an option to consider, it often doesn't solve the posed issue.

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