15:[[21447459,{"by":"2arrs2ells","descendants":372,"id":21447459,"kids":[21447840,21447813,21448337,21447841,21448756,21448334,21448063,21448627,21450356,21447778,21449505,21448800,21449961,21448398,21448262,21447643,21450816,21450619,21448006,21448930,21448164,21448413,21449383,21447628,21448133,21448072,21448579,21447774,21448767,21448673,21448316,21449188,21447870,21449609,21447787,21449472,21448670,21449466,21449651,21451326,21449510,21447860,21449011,21449998,21447851,21452289,21451057,21451921,21452150,21450466,21450585,21449068,21448463,21448152,21451245,21452171,21449243,21450085,21449726,21450635,21453076,21454960,21449435,21449670,21448102,21459317,21448526,21450817,21448844,21447951,21456531,21450656,21450569],"score":324,"time":1572907479,"title":"Separating gifted children hasn't led to better achievement","type":"story","url":"https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-separating-gifted-children-hasnt-led-to-better-acheivement/"}],[21440391,{"by":"russianator","descendants":8,"id":21440391,"kids":[21447139,21441235,21441721,21443712,21496761,21441723,21448822],"score":19,"text":"Where have others found, in person or online a mentor or mentors specifically for your role as an engineering manager?","time":1572863923,"title":"Ask HN: Mentors for Engineering Managers","type":"story"}],[21170187,{"by":"notadoctor_ssh","descendants":37,"id":21170187,"kids":[21170640,21171351,21170986,21170274,21170778,21181196,21171782,21172235,21171289,21170540,21178259,21180334,21175476,21177675],"score":41,"text":"I am a Software engineer right now with over 4 years of experience. I have been having this feeling lately, that I feel the excitement I experience is not enough and I need more. So, I have been thinking about doing other things.

Has anyone else here felt the same? Or felt like being done with Software engineering? If so, I would like to know when did you figure this out and what are you doing right now, and how did you end up doing what you are doing?

Asking for Software Engineering in particular, because I have seen people from other professions find coding as a passion and wanted to know if there are people who went the other way.","time":1570342971,"title":"Ask HN: Did anyone leave Software Engineering as your profession? If yes, why?","type":"story"}],[20816212,{"by":"thekafkaf","descendants":29,"id":20816212,"kids":[20817717,20816556,20816237,20819337,20818270,20822047,20817330,20846015,20817743,20824889,20821119,20816603],"score":11,"text":"Do you know of any projects/communities that I can contribute to?

Thanks in advance for any angle or opinion on the matter :)","time":1566957647,"title":"Ask HN: Programmer abroad, how can I help fight climate change?","type":"story"}],[17169314,{"by":"rmason","descendants":311,"id":17169314,"kids":[17169646,17169504,17170640,17169469,17169639,17169514,17169543,17169477,17171066,17169597,17170453,17169562,17170838,17170715,17169486,17169588,17169420,17171621,17171193,17169972,17169638,17170661,17169586,17170784],"score":131,"time":1527458252,"title":"Macron Vowed to Make France a ‘Startup Nation.’ Is It Getting There?","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/business/emmanuel-macron-france-technology.html"}],[14932570,{"by":"ccajas","descendants":12,"id":14932570,"kids":[14933780,14938091,14938690,14954799,14933792,14932980,14932787,14936084],"score":26,"text":"I'm about 35 years old working in software.

As you age, people expect you to be able to handle increasing levels of responsibility. 9/10 of my years working professionally have been as a contractor to small 10-20 people companies. Despite their small size I never felt like I was a major contributor or had a major say in something, aside from one project. I have been the architect for one reasonably complex project, but I never lead, interviewed, or managed people.

General consensus I get is that I'm too overqualified for junior roles, but for senior roles, they didn't find any exceptional strong points with me. My network is weak and I have almost no friends in the tech field. So, how does one work their way out of this problem?

Don't know if it's impostor syndrome but it feels like I require a "remedial" software job (which doesn't really exist).","time":1501883038,"title":"Ask HN: How to get around ageism and perceived incompetence?","type":"story"}],[14800579,{"by":"muzuq","descendants":121,"id":14800579,"kids":[14800763,14803801,14802569,14800888,14801789,14804027,14800673,14805464,14803677,14800773,14800801,14802684,14801598,14803951,14800632,14801034,14801382,14800699,14805948,14806405,14801096,14807568,14803388,14801162,14802910,14803470,14813959,14821830,14801067,14803970,14803156,14801267,14807644,14842658,14804202,14801224,14803253,14813650,14803465,14800980,14801484,14801141,14820703,14805742,14806694,14805756,14800804,14801147,14803945,14801234,14804070,14800771,14804116,14804869,14803572,14807270,14815593,14832173,14800931,14800778,14800775,14830877,14800588],"score":138,"text":"Given the like natures of the people frequenting this board, I would imagine that I'm not alone (hah) when dealing with loneliness.

I've, over the past few years, grown more and more lonely with very little outside contact. My job does not interact with others much, topping out at the same few co-workers day in and day out.

I've only ever had a small group of friends, which has grown even more thread-bare with age.

Besides "go meet people" (how?), how do the fine people of HN deal with loneliness? Especially in the case your quite introverted? I like being alone, just not all the time, and not to the point of despairing loneliness.

I reach out, for fear that it envelops me.","time":1500417270,"title":"Ask HN: Coping with Loneliness","type":"story"}],[13209040,{"by":"nosauve","descendants":39,"id":13209040,"kids":[13211835,13210399,13209269,13210230,13215648,13211829,13209088,13210380,13210089,13210518,13221010,13209565,13209323,13214661,13210728,13214611,13210102,13211678,13211591,13214823,13217022,13210350,13209076,13218150,13226330,13216487,13209124,13214127,13211803,13209896,13209062],"score":41,"text":"I know this is not a dating/pua discussion forum; but I am similar to most people here. I am if anyone else here also suffering from dating dilemma. I am SE asian and live in Seattle. I am 31 and have no friend so far here in Seattle. Weather is so depressing that I have not seen the Sun in last 30 days.

I am not a very good looking guy. I go to the gym at least 3 times a week. I am not overweight as well. Only strike against me is my premature baldness. I personally don't think it is such a big deal now. However, when I was in SF, it was a big deal for most of the women.

Where do you meet women if you don't have social circle? I am on tinder and CMB, very rarely I get matched with someone. Chances of a serious relationship are almost zero with girls on tinder and CMB.

Do you have any suggestions?","time":1482113875,"title":"Ask HN: Does anyone else have (or had) problems in dating or getting married?","type":"story"}],[12974946,{"by":"t23","descendants":867,"id":12974946,"kids":[12975272,12975247,12976390,12975581,12975129,12975407,12976781,12975119,12977290,12977655,12975228,12975256,12976245,12975121,12978808,12975332,12975186,12978691,12975335,12976015,12980524,12975465,12975444,12975822,12975405,12975101,12979998,12977624,12975970,12976756,12975234,12975754,12977805,12975230,12979800,12975345,12975352,12978739,12977436,12975555,12975775,12975440,12975178,12975630,12976760,12979922,12978209,12976901,12975203,12976222,12976142,12978617,12976814,12977134,12978143,12976402,12975955,12978314,12976562,12975127,12980055,12975254,12976691,12981361,12975265,12977442,12979460,12975549,12975628,12982133,12975431,12976491,12980284,12976860,12978715,12976051,12975106,12977164,12975706,12977778,12981713,12978858,12976687,12978908,12975250,12976767,12976377,12982884,12977317,12977657,12975112,12976145,12975292,12979935,12978658,12980764,12980723,12975676,12979760,12976599,12976839,12975293,12978690,13012053,12980531,12976895,12975160,12976052,12975688,12977674,12978181,12977201,12975260,12975207],"score":405,"time":1479364670,"title":"Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions","type":"story","url":"http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/laautoshow/la-fi-hy-disappearing-stick-shift-20161115-story.html"}],[12329255,{"by":"petethomas","descendants":509,"id":12329255,"kids":[12329315,12329531,12330325,12329786,12329362,12330736,12331565,12329476,12330649,12329859,12330480,12330003,12329343,12330227,12329412,12330696,12329480,12330478,12329321,12330773,12329346,12330108,12330979,12329589,12329437,12329453,12331154,12330055,12329737,12332173,12330470,12330678,12330715,12333692,12330306,12329528,12329764,12330142,12330782,12330749,12329466,12336176,12330618,12330354,12329969,12329361,12329645,12329389,12329360,12330279,12330448,12330683,12329632,12330402,12329701,12329795,12330403,12329333,12330320,12329819,12329983,12329777,12330545],"score":337,"time":1471750164,"title":"Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to taxis","type":"story","url":"http://reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSKCN10U1ST"}],[12029489,{"by":"polskibus","descendants":81,"id":12029489,"kids":[12030128,12029736,12030210,12029718,12030283,12030539,12030899,12030392,12030004,12031386,12029788,12031334,12029879,12030205,12030170,12029911,12029564,12030909,12034186,12034184],"score":100,"time":1467621652,"title":"Dark side of a Valley software engineer","type":"story","url":"http://www.businessinsider.com/dark-side-of-a-valley-software-engineer-2016-7?IR=T"}]]

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