Ask HN: Hackers, how do you handle the dread and still love computers?
Whether it's getting your first job in the market, or having to do Leetcode for switching from a toxic, stressful job, how do people handle the dread without breaking down?
More importantly, what makes you still love computing amidst all this? Sometimes one feels the dread when being underpaid, other times the dread is because you're paid fine but you're doing essentially nothing that you feel good about. Can the hacker lifestyle of the 80s-90s still be revived without breaking down? Can we still have fun with computers and be creative instead of being stuck on chasing whatever new surge happens to the market?
More importantly, what makes you still love computing amidst all this? Sometimes one feels the dread when being underpaid, other times the dread is because you're paid fine but you're doing essentially nothing that you feel good about. Can the hacker lifestyle of the 80s-90s still be revived without breaking down? Can we still have fun with computers and be creative instead of being stuck on chasing whatever new surge happens to the market?