Honestly feels like the OP is expecting this HN thread to be a series of commenters rushing to give sympathy and job offers - I'm pretty sure the frank, honest,

Honestly feels like the OP is expecting this HN thread to be a series of commenters rushing to give sympathy and job offers - I'm pretty sure the frank, honest, and accurate feedback and criticism here came as a bit of a surprise. But hey - if we didn't all feel like we could do everything when we were 23, then a lot of stuff throughout history ay never have gotten done ;-)