HACKER Q&A
📣 amzans

What is your biggest struggle right now?


What is your biggest struggle right now?


  👤 superbcarrot Accepted Answer ✓
I had good enough grades to go to a top university and study something very technical. Instead, I picked an unusual subject that I liked at the time (this is outside the US so you pick a subject/major when you're applying), went to a low-ranked university and lost all interest after a year or two. Since then it's been a lot of struggle and additional effort to get my career back on track but because I work in a field that's very gate-kept by credentials (data science) some of the damage I've done seems irreperable. I find it hard to move on from knowing that I was in a very fortunate and advantageous position early in life and just gave that up for nothing in return.

👤 Mobius01
Coping with aging and the narrowing of opportunities that it entails.

👤 abhayhegde
Not able to land in any graduate program of US as an international student despite having sufficient GPA (around 3.75).

I do not know what to do if I do not get a PhD. This pandemic truly screwed me over.


👤 KDJohnBrown
Finding a way to make an income outside of tech, now that life circumstances + covid have ended my career.

Long-term Depression + a complete inability to focus on anything for more than about 3 minutes at a time have made this difficult.

Been thinking about politics or drug trafficking as better options than sysadminning.


👤 boredatworkme
Grinding Leetcode to land a job in a different domain, on a different stack while working full time.

Just don't get enough time to Leetcode -> I'm not confident enough to apply -> stuck in the same frustrating job -> Makes me want to quit

Just can't seem to be able to break the cycle.


👤 mcjoken
Trying to buy my first house in a crazy seller's market while getting ready for our first child, during a global pandemic.

👤 metaljr
Getting people's attention on my post! :( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26089745

👤 the_only_law
Too much stuff to do in so little time and if you do some of them in the wrong order, they’re often made much more difficult:

👤 throwaway19937
My biggest struggles are fatigue, depression, executive function, and my codependent relationship with my girlfriend.

👤 Rainymood
My girlfriend breaking up with me. Hah! Probably not the answer you expected didn't you!

👤 Moody_10001
Finding a long term career. No idea which one to pick for the moment.

👤 meiraleal
to receive payment overseas without payment a lot of taxes. I've been doing it for 3 years but can't find a solution that is both good for me and the government.

👤 metaljr
Acquiring new clients for my software development company!

👤 bobkrusty
How to get money from angel investors To realize my project

👤 decafninja
Getting good enough to pass technical interviews.

👤 eecks
Covid restrictions