I think a lot of HN lean more towards SV web dev type stuff. But there's a world of software development out there beyond that. I work in the transportation industry and there's a lot of cool things I get to work with (my SO doesn't think it's cool that our office has antenna and sensors and things that go beep randomly, though). Even being remote doesn't matter (I've been remote for half a decade), they ship me the equipment I need.