So the big question is: can I emerge from the other side of this and find great people to work with and cool stuff to work on? No matter how many times this ge

So the big question is: can I emerge from the other side of this and find great people to work with and cool stuff to work on? No matter how many times this gets asked on HN, the answer will always be 'it depends' and what it depends on is 100% you.