fsvavsd | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Building a startup while working elsewhere and parenting?
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fsvavsd | 4 years ago | on: United Airlines bans duct tape restraints
13 years olds should be mature enough to know how to behave.
fsvavsd | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful
How does OP knows that they are low IQ? That seems insulting to me. It is one thing to say they lack right skills or are unmotivated to work hard. But saying someone is low IQ without doing IQ test is same as calling a fat person lacks discipline to eat healthy.
Or reading your or OP's comments and assuming that you have social and possibly serious mental health issues. Not very nice, right?
fsvavsd | 4 years ago | on: Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some users headaches
No screenshot of what new fonts look like, I don't have Twitter so cannot see it on twitter.com. It wants me to sign up.
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I have two under 3 years old kids. Working from home during pandemic, helping my wife and managing two kids brought me to the edge of my sanity. The worst thing is tantrums, high pitched screams would leave me physically exhausted within a few minutes. I started to drink more often.
I didn't think I could continue to work from home with kids in the house. I was ready to quit and figured it won't look so bad to have a gap on your resume during pandemic. But then instead I got second part-time job as a junior developer.
This gave me real excuse to avoid managing kids during work hours, and then later night. I spend 5-8pm with my kids and I have more energy and it is much higher quality time with them. After putting them to sleep and watching some TV with wife, I go back to work. I wake up more refreshed than when I was going to bed early. Pure coding is almost meditative for me, so maybe that's why I feel more rested.
Also extra money allowed us to hire babysitter who can assist my wife during the day and we still have extra money after babysitter's expenses. We also got cleaners, started to send laundry out, ordered in more food, enrolled kids in various day camps or classes.
But this is not really apples to apples comparison, startups are a lot harder than a job as a junior developer. And if your startup is not bringing in cash, you may not have enough of extra money to hire help, which may strain your relationship.