None of my regular or close friends are programmers. A couple who are live quite far. I know how you feel. So I started going to the local Hacker News meetups a

None of my regular or close friends are programmers. A couple who are live quite far. I know how you feel. So I started going to the local Hacker News meetups and have met some fun people. I know I'm not as good or smart as most of the people I meet there but I find people are quite helpful. So, it's best to think in terms of how much you can learn from them and get better. In fact, I've arranged to meet a couple of hackers tonight just to help each other out with projects and hang out. The only way to stop being lonely is to go out and seek out new friends and do fun stuff together.