Doing these every day for 2 minutes might have prevented it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF-RHMI-Oo0
Losing My Hands
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#12Shit posture and bad keyboards are not losing your hands. This is ridiculous.
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#13I can somewhat relate as I’ve suffered a brain injury. It was similar in that I couldn’t continue to go full tilt everyday. In my mind all my success was based on that: working all the time. Turns out I was wrong; I still make a living but am much more prudent about what I spend time on. Anyway. After reading all the philosophical quotes etc I felt bad when you ended with this: >> Despite my injury, I still try to ma…
Agreed. Maybe it’s the authors way of feeling in control still. To me it further exemplifies the toxicity of this industry always making people feel the need to work endlessly despite the severe health consequences.
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#14It’s not clear from the article. What was author diagnosed with? They said it was an injury…
Yeah, it would be good to know what the injury was and what caused it. Seems like an important detail.
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#15Ok, so what was wrong with your hands after all? Did you go to a doctor?
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#16My impostor syndrome is cured a little when a machine learning expert mentions acupuncture.
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#17Shit posture and bad keyboards are not losing your hands. This is ridiculous.
No, it’s not.
I have spinal cord injury due to bad posture (sitting in front of a computer for 20+ years) that led to multiple herniated discs in my cervical spine that are pushing my spinal cord. According to my neurosurgeon it’s quite common nowadays, even in young people in their 20s.
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#18I'm intrigued by how they could be making $500k as a ML engineer for Stitchfix.
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#19It’s not clear from the article. What was author diagnosed with? They said it was an injury…
Seems like a bizarre omission from the article given the number of tangents and topics covered. My guess is that going down the traditional medicine route lead to him being told there was no organic basis to the pain.
As someone who went through a similar experience, I would not be surprised if the author's pain is/was entirely psychosomatic (this doesn't diminish its severity or significance). Probably a direct result of burnout.
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#20I feel for this person.
Partly though, it seems to me that he will never achieve the results he hopes for. He is a product of the culture - he cannot think outside of the terms he has been given. He says as much:
> Despite my injury, I still try to maintain a bulletproof growth mindset. I constantly ask myself why I shouldn't make more money every month. The worst part is I truly do not know whether this is a ‘good’ mindset to have.
The thing I would say, is that yes it is possible to adopt all sorts of mindsets. The author is likely the product of his upbringing - ie the product of a good school, that has directed his competitive nature, etc. He has easily taken to the provided framework, which promises money! Ok, fine - but this is not what a person actually is, imo. It is akin to growing a tree in an espalier fashion to make it more usable for the gardener - the tree grows, fruits, etc, but does not grow as it would naturally.
To work out what one is requires inner work, uncovering what one is inside oneself - and adhering to that. One needs to listen and be in accord with one's soul. (Which is not an acceptable HN phraseology, I know.) I'm not making a religious point either.