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Thank you for writing this. As someone who has recently been weighing the pros/cons of seeking treatment for ADHD, this has been one of the best points I've read on the potential downsides to it. Currently, in my career (software dev) I've been feeling increasingly burnt out and like it's impossible to focus on anything. I have to sit back and ask myself, is the problem that I can't focus, or is the problem that I'm doing something that I feel is meaningless?

If I got treatment for ADHD, maybe then I would be able to finally churn through all of my tasks and be a top performer in terms of closing stories. If I didn't pursue treatment, then maybe I continue to be unable to focus and completely burn out, resulting in the loss of my job. Maybe after that I pivot my career to where I'm doing something that I find to be more fulfilling. What's the better outcome?

This feels a little harsh. A huge community effort has gathered behind Bevy, and there are a lot of interesting projects that people have made with it so far. Check out the showcase channel of the Bevy discord.

Yep, I live in the Rockies and it's all we have here. Everybody in the mountains are burning pine. Just season it the best you can. Burning wood is also the main way to go because gas is too cost prohibitive up here.

Clion added support for Makefile based projects back in July. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/makefiles-support.html

'In your opinion'

I've been curious about the demographics of people who oppose remote work vs those who are for it. At least from my industry (Software), my guess is that those who are for it are developers and those that are against it are going to be more of the managerial type. My manager is late in her career and has opposed the concept of allowing full-remote work after post-covid in a very strong way. I think now that all of the workers are not physically in the office, she feels like she has less purpose.

I was curious what the OP's job role was to see if this thought lines up at all. I click on his profile and he is a CEO.

Yeah, this blows my mind as well. Believe it or not, people are actually able to make meaningful friendships outside of work. For example, I got into whitewater kayaking after about two years into my career (software) at age 27. It's an activity that requires groups of people to work together. You need multiple people to run vehicle shuttles up/down the river, and you also need multiple people for safety on the river. I've been doing this activity for a few years now, and through it I have formed some of the deepest relationships I've ever had. I hang out with these people every week often on weeknights after work. One of the good friends I met through this activity even got ordained and married my wife and I!

My point is that kayaking is just one means of meeting people and forming relationships. The idea that an office is one of our only opportunities to make relationships is just absurd. My experience with relationships in office is that most of the time they are very hollow and superficial. Also, if most of your relationships come from the office and your career, you are limiting yourself to a narrower field of ideas. If the main people you hang around are managers and software developers, then you are going to miss out on a lot of other viewpoints. Through kayaking, I've made close friends with people from all walks of life. We were out to eat one night at a restaurant, and at our table sat a plumber, a realtor, an orthopedic surgeon, an electrical engineer, and an FBI agent!

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A lot of it seems to depend on if you have a family at home or not. With my wife, dog, and cat at home, I don't feel isolated at all. If I was here by myself, I could see how there could be a desire to go back to the office just to be around other people during working hours.

I've had a coworker in a similar situation once WFH started. He told me that he just has trouble turning it off at night. I have trouble understanding this perspective because no matter how much you work there is always going to be more, and no matter how much you do you're still getting paid the same salary.

My take on this, is if you want to keep working, after you've met your obligation to the company, why not just work on your own stuff? If you work on something that's "yours", there's a possibility of being able to earn more based on how much effort you put in.

What? While in college, I learned way more of the required content over Youtube videos then I ever did in a lecture.

I've noticed this as well. Does China have any stake in HN that would allow them to sway discussions?

Yep, China has recovered while the rest of the world is still crippled. I wouldn't put it past China to cause harm to their own citizens to gain a position of power.

Disclaimer: Also don't believe this, just playing along.

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Thanks

Are you guys hiring? My wife is looking for work. (masters in ed psych with a lot of experience designing lms and facilitating training)