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Living for your dream isn't a walk in the park, so it's important to build up a network of people you trust and can talk to. Anyone that wants to talk about ent

by lowglow 10y ago

Living for your dream isn't a walk in the park, so it's important to build up a network of people you trust and can talk to. Anyone that wants to talk about entrepreneurship, building, whatever and depression just hit me up online or available for coffee whenever in SF. Contact info in my profile. Reach out. :)

projektir 10y ago
Does private messaging on HN require some amount of karma or is it simply not supported?
- lowglow 10y ago
  Not supported. I have DMs on Twitter, Facebook, Baqqer, and SMS though!
- Natanael_L 10y ago
  The only option is whatever contact method listed on the profile page of the person you want to contact, if any.
- afarrell 10y ago
  If you go to https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=projektir https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=projektir, you can edit your profile and add contact information so people can email you.
Pulce 10y ago
"a network of people you trust and can talk to" Or at least ONE person... (I'm in this scenario)! EDIT: at least ONE person and a cat :)
- lowglow 10y ago
  Would love to chat! :)
  - Pulce 10y ago
    Thanks :) I'm in Italy... when I'm depressed I read some pages from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_the_Information_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Ethic_and_the_Spiri...
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sndean 10y ago
> it's important to build up a network of people you trust and can talk to. From my experience with a lot of family, friends, classmates, coworkers, I agree that this can really help out someone who's depressed (PTSD too). Texts or email sent back and forth, meeting up for dinner, coffee, or a beer have all seemed to help. Getting them a light box has helped, if they use it..
taurath 10y ago
Any advice to building a network when at small startups with most people older than you?
- onion2k 10y ago
  Don't assume too much about people. Someone twice your age might have twice as much experience with the problem you're facing. Anyone can be a useful part of your network.
mercer 10y ago
I'd extend the same to anyone in the, uh, NL area. Perhaps we should set up an IRC channel specifically for this? Or does one already exist?

by lowglow 10y ago

projektir 10y ago

Does private messaging on HN require some amount of karma or is it simply not supported?

lowglow 10y ago
Not supported. I have DMs on Twitter, Facebook, Baqqer, and SMS though!
Natanael_L 10y ago
The only option is whatever contact method listed on the profile page of the person you want to contact, if any.
afarrell 10y ago
If you go to https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=projektir https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=projektir, you can edit your profile and add contact information so people can email you.

Pulce 10y ago

"a network of people you trust and can talk to" Or at least ONE person... (I'm in this scenario)! EDIT: at least ONE person and a cat :)

lowglow 10y ago
Would love to chat! :)
- Pulce 10y ago
  Thanks :) I'm in Italy... when I'm depressed I read some pages from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_the_Information_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Ethic_and_the_Spiri...

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sndean 10y ago

> it's important to build up a network of people you trust and can talk to. From my experience with a lot of family, friends, classmates, coworkers, I agree that this can really help out someone who's depressed (PTSD too). Texts or email sent back and forth, meeting up for dinner, coffee, or a beer have all seemed to help. Getting them a light box has helped, if they use it..

taurath 10y ago

Any advice to building a network when at small startups with most people older than you?

onion2k 10y ago
Don't assume too much about people. Someone twice your age might have twice as much experience with the problem you're facing. Anyone can be a useful part of your network.

mercer 10y ago

I'd extend the same to anyone in the, uh, NL area. Perhaps we should set up an IRC channel specifically for this? Or does one already exist?