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Had this experience about 6-8 years ago, when I was 30ish. You know, a bunch of programming hobbies + a programming job + active writing as a hobby + not enough cardio activity. It all started with a mild discomformt. Then the discomfort becomes something like mild but constant pain in fingers, hands, arm joints where the nerves are. Not pain-pain but unpleasant sensation. Then my fingertips went numb. And it was get…
Can you elaborate?
I'm intrigued by how they could be making $500k as a ML engineer for Stitchfix.
Had this experience about 6-8 years ago, when I was 30ish. You know, a bunch of programming hobbies + a programming job + active writing as a hobby + not enough cardio activity. It all started with a mild discomformt. Then the discomfort becomes something like mild but constant pain in fingers, hands, arm joints where the nerves are. Not pain-pain but unpleasant sensation. Then my fingertips went numb. And it was get…
You mean you don't use a mouse or use it infrequently?
My impostor syndrome is cured a little when a machine learning expert mentions acupuncture.
But then the patient and practitioner attribute the recovery to needles, or energy beams, or homeopathy, or religion.
Well, I'm happy that they recover.
It’s not clear from the article. What was author diagnosed with? They said it was an injury…
It doesn't even say whether they went to an actual doctor, just something about acupuncture physiotherapy and various medical ideas they might have just googled on their own.
Had this experience about 6-8 years ago, when I was 30ish. You know, a bunch of programming hobbies + a programming job + active writing as a hobby + not enough cardio activity. It all started with a mild discomformt. Then the discomfort becomes something like mild but constant pain in fingers, hands, arm joints where the nerves are. Not pain-pain but unpleasant sensation. Then my fingertips went numb. And it was get…
>3. No mechanically clicking keyboards and mice You mean you don't use a mouse or use it infrequently?
But well, last week we had a Google exec praise his team for pulling 100h work weeks, so I guess we're not there yet.
It’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 resu…
This really jumped out at me. As a society we have really screwed up royally when so many people derive their value, or own self worth, almost exclusively from work.
People should enjoy their work obvious, that's better than hating it. But especially when you work for someone else, work should ultimately be the "how" behind the rest of your life.
Humans were built to derive value from community and relationships, both with your loved ones and with nature. The fact that we have effectively imprisoned the entire society into working 8-12 hour days 5 days a week just so they can rush to get chores done and do it all over is absolutely horrible.
If you're reading this and this sounds familiar, go for a walk or plant some flowers in fresh soil. Call an old friend or go have dinner with some family and leave your phones at home. Don't let work consume your life, it will never fill the void.