I’ve tried exercise, sleep, drugs, social events.
I think a lot of it has to do with my job, feeling trapped and bound to the golden handcuffs to try and survive this expensive world while being forced to work on things I have little care for. Curious what folks have done to help escape this dark cloud.
I’m a software engineer, but that’s my day job. I’d like to meet fun and exciting people. Curious if others have made a move like this as socializing greatly impacts one’s life in many ways
I’m realizing I’m wholly unmotivated and easily distracted. How can I improve this long term? I still love tech and development, but having trouble right now focusing and being productive.
Without describing my lifestyle, habits and schedule, I’m curious what has worked for you from personal experience.
She has a 4.0 from an Ivy league university, got a perfect score on the SAT, did a masters internationally in a second discipline and then finally got a PhD in biology/ecology with over 23 publications and 18 as first author. She is finishing up her postdoc and needs a job.
I don't understand the field of academics, but what the hell is she to do? I'm posting her achievements above to show that she is clearly a dedicated and hard working individual, but I don't know what to do. It's hard for her to get interviews and the competition is steep. She is poised, has a great professional portfolio and is well-spoken. I'm biased, but I'm wondering what I can do to help her find a good job.
I recognize biology/ecology is different from tech, but I'm looking for advice from the academics of HN that understand the field better than myself. Her first choice is a tenure-track professorship at a good university, but the job options are sparse.
I’m thinking it’s probably healthy to take time off, but reading the news with long turnaround times, brutal competition and sky rocketing living costs in the USA, I’m not sure this is even possible unless I risk homelessness. I have savings, but my fear is that I burn through it all and worsen my mental health.
Can anyone who has done something similar speak to how they approached this?
Moreso interested in people who have these ideologies, but still succeed in staying competitive and knowledgeable in new trends/science. Competitive being raw knowledge in necessary topics in the field and not competitive in the sense that you grinded leetcode for a job.
Social media wise, I’m referring to avoiding news sites focused on technology/things that require my attention on a screen.
Overall goal: reduce screen time. And no, I don’t have a smartphone.
