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Ask HN: How do you cope mentally through all the hype
I feel like tech suffers more than most fields in terms of hype, probably because of the money. Lately it is AI and chatgpt, which tbh seems to me more legit hype than other things like maybe OOP or whatever. Anyway. I guess you just gotta ignore most of it, because there's no way to keep up and remain sane or productive.
- PaulHoule 3y agoGod it’s the anti-OOP hype and functional programming hype that drives me up the wall.
- __jambo 3y agoYeah, lol, the OOP thing is a bit dated. Maybe I should have said blockchain.
- bckr 3y agoFocus on what interests you and build. Keep your radar on for relevant developments and inspiring things but by no means pressure yourself to stay on top of everything. In fact, focus on a smaller and smaller niche that interests you deeply. That’s what I do anyway
- the_only_law 3y ago> Focus on what interests you and build. I did this for some years and now I’m having the worst job hunt I’ve ever had to deal with. I’m not totally out of the loop as far as the hype goes, I’m on HN too much for that, but I wasted the past couple years learning “interesting” things instead of whatever the trend for languages/frameworks/tools were.
- bckr 3y agoWhat's missing here is networking, getting connected with people who are interested in the things you're interested in. There's also an aspect of calculating whether there's a path to doing what you're interested in full time and getting paid. My original comment was about not getting swept up in / overwhelmed by hype. Discussing employment was out of the original scope, at least by my intentions.
- the_only_law 3y agoFair enough, I just figured there’s not much point to worry about hype unless for employment reasons.
- jollyllama 3y agoI cultivate a feeling of jadedness and superiority with respect to the hype zombies.
- __jambo 3y agobahah love it.
- the_only_law 3y agoWith any luck I’m leaving. I’m done with this shit and everything about the industry.
- __jambo 3y agoare you becoming a farmer or a carpenter.
- the_only_law 3y agoHah, well that’s the problem of course. Finding what to do next. I’ve actually been planning on leaving since around 2019, but was absolutely lost trying to “min-max” things. My most recent plan was to go back to school this year, but then I got laid off and had a number of emergencies so I’ve just lost a ton of money and can’t afford it right now. If I can manage to find one more decent software job I can probably resume the plans in the next year or two. Of course the time costs are more frightening than the monetary costs, but the way I see it the only other options are status quo, or something I’d hate even more.
- __jambo 3y agoGood luck! Maybe you can sell "how to leave tech and become a carpenter" videos once chatgpt takes all the jobs. You can probably just use chatgpt to generate the videos, but probably not cut the wood.