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Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
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Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#62I know HTML/(S)CSS like the back of my hand. I know enough JS for most use cases and I'm starting to explore React and other frameworks to expand my knowledge. In the backend side of things I can code in PHP without any problem and I have hacked a bit in Ruby and Python, currently trying to expand what I know in Ruby in my free time.
The local market sucks so I'm unable to escape from my agency job. I feel trapped making disposable marketing websites that will disappear in a month or two. I have applied to remote jobs but most don't want someone that is not from the US.
I have no idea what to do. I feel like my current job is killing my drive for web development even though I love it.
Sorry for venting here.
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#63I'm never satisfied with my multi computer setup / multi screen setup, i always ending with not knowing which one to use for what, or if i even need more than one, also i can never find that perfect keyboard...
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Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've experienced that same thing (who on HN hasn't? ;). Tips and tricks to cut down on info-addiction can help a bit. But the only thing that really works for me is when I focus on a positive goal I want to achieve, instead of spending energy on avoiding the bad habits . Now, I'm focused on building my business. It doesn't mean I have stopped getting lots of shiny new ideas. But now I don't have to fight with myself.…
Were that all it takes for me, I wouldn't be posting here.
Sorry I think I misunderstood you. If you have a medical condition, then ignore whatever I said.
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Were that all it takes for me, I wouldn't be posting here.
Sorry I think I misunderstood you. If you have a medical condition, then ignore whatever I said.
I'm not sure if the issue is that when some people refer to their "info addiction," it actually isn't an addiction (eg. "OMG! I am SOOO ADD sometimes!" says some person without ADD who needs a loving dose of perspective or strangulation) or if there are other things specific to me that mix with the info addiction such that having a positive goal I'm focusing on isn't enough.
Sorry for the previous curt response. This is essentially the only thing I'm trying to deal with right now because it leads to failure in all the things. And progress is slow because getting people to invest time in someone who has no money is seemingly impossible.
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#66I know HTML/(S)CSS like the back of my hand. I know enough JS for most use cases and I'm starting to explore React and other frameworks to expand my knowledge. In the backend side of things I can code in PHP without any problem and I have hacked a bit in Ruby and Python, currently trying to expand what I know in Ruby in my free time. The local market sucks so I'm unable to escape from my agency job. I feel trapped ma…
With your skills, you should be able to get well-paying remote work. But you have to get out of this mindset of being stuck in your local market.
I have applied to remote jobs but most don't want someone that is not from the US.
That must be the case if you only apply to remote jobs at companies based in the US. Apply for jobs outside the US.
Make a good professional profile online.
Post your profile and apply for jobs on the monthly hiring threads on HN - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry I think I misunderstood you. If you have a medical condition, then ignore whatever I said.
I'm not sure if the issue is that when some people refer to their "info addiction," it actually isn't an addiction (eg. "OMG! I am SOOO ADD sometimes!" says some person without ADD who needs a loving dose of perspective or strangulation) or if there are other things specific to me that mix with the info addiction such that having a positive goal I'm focusing on isn't enough. Sorry for the previous curt response. This…
I did read your "I have ADHD" in the casual way that most people say it. I certainly don't have ADHD (not that I'm aware of, anyway). The only thing I can think to suggest is to seek professional help, if you haven't already.
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#68My biggest pain is not solvable through software? It is my back that hurts badly...
Perhaps someday such problems will be solvable with software. What if there was a simulation that could help you better understand how your body works? Do you think that might help?
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#69Tinnitus
FYI: Some people find that magnesium helps with this. It may not resolve it, but it may make it more bearable.
Re: Ask HN: Tell me your biggest pain and I will try to solve it
#70Trying to have some minimal version of a normal life after struggling to function and stick around for 2 out of 3 decades.
A software-defined time machine would probably be helpful :) But really, software to spot patterns and correlations I wouldn't otherwise notice (based on life "microevents" of all kinds, food intake, feelings, interactions with others, environment factors...) would probably help a lot, literally life changing perhaps. A good AI to talk to as though it were just a close friend would make a perfect user interface for such a thing.
Domain specific AI to talk to would help on its own though, long term isolation itself is quite damaging.