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haha not the first time I've been called a jerk. Probably why I like to keep to myself ;)

I thought the same thing. This was really uncomfortable for me.

I used to rock climb in gyms a lot. I stopped going because I found the people there incredibly irritating (didn't matter on the gym). The things that irritated me: 1) People would immediately jump on the route I was on after seeing I struggled. Cool flex. 2) Unsolicited advice. Thanks, but I'm here minding my own business

I generally have a hard time connecting with people like OP but found that I was able to find good climbing partners outside as opposed to in the gym.

I now do crossfit and while I know it's not for everyone, it's a decent community. I still don't talk to folks in the gym, I don't want to but I like that we're all in it together and pushing ourselves pretty hard. I feel connected in that way.

I would really not like a stranger tapping me on the shoulder in the gym. That's my "alone time". That's just me though.

My daughter is in 5th grade and absolutely despises iReady assessments. She complains how much she doesn't like the screen and prefers paper tests. Her scores reflect it too. She does terribly on iReady assessments which is used for a TON of metrics (I think unfairly..?) but give her the same test on paper and she'd do remarkably better.

This looks great and really want to give it a try. Unfortunately, I can't add a github organization. It goes through but never shows up in my organization list.

After reading this I had to do a quick self-assessment.

For the last few years or so (I'm 33, also a software engineer) I've noticed a pretty big decline in my mental state. I can't focus. I immediately forget what I just looked at, read or did. I completely zone out when people talk to me. I am just not present in any situation. What is strange is that I can actually notice it, not in real-time however. It's been worrying me for the last few months so much so that I started meditating which I've never done before. My wife mentioned seeing a therapist because she thought maybe I was depressed so I scheduled an appointment but it's been rescheduled due to the virus.

I keep hearing about other programmers experiencing similar issues (yourself included) and I wonder if the nature of what we do somehow damages our brain in some capacity and we just don't know it yet. Obviously Lee's case is different but it's certainly scary. I hope he doesn't suffer as well.

Wow! As someone who struggles to configure all of these dependencies, I love this. I also have difficulty learning new stacks by following the hello world/todo examples in the documentation so having a real boilerplate app built helps tremendously. Maybe I'll finally try and learn React ;)

That's strange because that's the first link I clicked on when viewing that site. I also found it interesting that these were the positions available.

I'm extremely shy AND introverted. I don't like talking to strangers or meeting new people.

But this one time, I had a job interview in DC and my wife and I were at a bar enjoying drinks/dinner. Out of no where this young woman sat next to me and started talking to me. I was extremely uncomfortable/awkward at first but she asked what I did and I replied that I'm a software engineer. She immediately responded with "I work for the Chamber of Commerce." This naturally triggered a conversation about software copyright laws and SOPA. It was the most enlightening conversation that I've ever had with a stranger. While we had different opinions, it was very civil and pleasant. My wife was jealous since I was talking to this woman for so long but it wasn't about her, it was about the conversation. I generally go out of my way to avoid these interactions but I was so shocked how it turned out, once I got over the anxiety of talking to a stranger.

I fit this scenario perfectly. I moved out of state, bought a house in a small neighborhood and my wife and I just had our first child a few months ago.

We know no one and we aren't going to start knocking on doors to introduce ourselves. We're not nearly that outgoing. However, it would be nice to meet people and hang out here and there. We're in our late 20's so it's hard to find people around our age in a similar situation. We can't really go to bars to meet up or go to concerts or pretty much any thing we used to do a year ago.

An app that could get people to meet up in these situations could be useful, but would I use it? Eh. I don't know.

The footer clearly says "Proudly published with Ghost." It's not his own doing.

"Unlike Wordpress, we allow XSS..."

My wife and I are expecting our first child any day now (a girl). As someone who spends most of their time in a shell, I'm excited to teach her things like this. I don't know if I'd give her my actual SSH password though.

I think you need to be passionate about the code you write. I worked for a company out of college that I despised. I was there for 3 years and was extremely miserable. It was indeed soul sucking. I moved out of state, to a new company working on software in a totally different market and it's been very enjoyable. I love being outside, but I also love programming and wouldn't chose any other career over it.

I do love this story though. I'm glad it's working out. It must have been tough to make that huge change, with kids and everything. Good luck.