this is one of the times i feel that hn has a large bubble that i am outside looking in. pretty much everyone i know obsesses about exactly the opposite problem

this is one of the times i feel that hn has a large bubble that i am outside looking in. pretty much everyone i know obsesses about exactly the opposite problem - how long and how successfully we can keep on being pure engineers while still getting promotions, raises, etc.. it's one of the central aspirations of my career not to have to do anything nontechnical for a living.