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The point about seeking professional help is super underrated. Just in the past few months, I would have entered a similar thread on HN to see the OP being brig

The point about seeking professional help is super underrated. Just in the past few months, I would have entered a similar thread on HN to see the OP being brigaded by posts telling him/her to always be coding and to just chug along. This kind of talk completely ignores other issues that may be present and can cause even further damage.

irundebian 8y ago
You're completely right. If you're really that suffering that you're burning out or getting otherwise mentally ill, getting professional help is probably the best thing you can do. I assume it's because there is a bias on technology-focused communities such as HN. The bias of solving problems with technologies (be it languages, books, life hacks, ...), even if the problems are of a social or psychological nature. You can't solve all problems with technology.
mooreds 8y ago
If I were to enter a complicated transaction without consulting a lawyer (raising funding for example) people would say I was crazy. Yet somehow we think we should be able to work out personal issues (burnout, marriage issues, depression, etc) by ourselves. It's bizarre. If you can afford help, get it. If you can't, often you can get a discount (sliding scale) or work something out.
- eb0la 8y ago
  It is not bizzare: we are used to do stuff other people cannot think to do... ... Like if it was a superpower. Superheroes doesn't need advice. At least in the comics I read as a kid. So this superhero syndrome, hurts more than having no superpower at all.
  - eeZah7Ux 8y ago
    > stuff other people cannot think to do What are you talking about?
    - eb0la 8y ago
      A lot if people has trouble with computers, technology, etc. If you're able to understand or at least start troubleshooting computer relates stuff, you look like you hace a superpower to them.
  - mooreds 8y ago
    Fair enough. I wrote a blog post once about the arrogance of software developers[0]. So I get your point that sometimes because we can do one kind of hard thing, we think we can do most any type of hard thing. But we're wrong. 0. http://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/134 http://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/134

irundebian 8y ago

You're completely right. If you're really that suffering that you're burning out or getting otherwise mentally ill, getting professional help is probably the best thing you can do. I assume it's because there is a bias on technology-focused communities such as HN. The bias of solving problems with technologies (be it languages, books, life hacks, ...), even if the problems are of a social or psychological nature. You can't solve all problems with technology.

mooreds 8y ago

If I were to enter a complicated transaction without consulting a lawyer (raising funding for example) people would say I was crazy. Yet somehow we think we should be able to work out personal issues (burnout, marriage issues, depression, etc) by ourselves. It's bizarre. If you can afford help, get it. If you can't, often you can get a discount (sliding scale) or work something out.

eb0la 8y ago
It is not bizzare: we are used to do stuff other people cannot think to do... ... Like if it was a superpower. Superheroes doesn't need advice. At least in the comics I read as a kid. So this superhero syndrome, hurts more than having no superpower at all.
- eeZah7Ux 8y ago
  > stuff other people cannot think to do What are you talking about?
  - eb0la 8y ago
    A lot if people has trouble with computers, technology, etc. If you're able to understand or at least start troubleshooting computer relates stuff, you look like you hace a superpower to them.
- mooreds 8y ago
  Fair enough. I wrote a blog post once about the arrogance of software developers[0]. So I get your point that sometimes because we can do one kind of hard thing, we think we can do most any type of hard thing. But we're wrong. 0. http://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/134 http://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/134