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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by samstave on Saturday October 13, 2018 @02:10PM (#18209225)
Thats not what I meant - the OP stated "I dont have kids and I want to be able to work overtime and focus on a project" -- so, my comment was "well if you dont have kids, you should be better able to work overtime and focus on a project"
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Re:Ask HN: 40+ Career Advice? by azangru on Saturday October 13, 2018 @04:55PM (#18209975)
That’s really interesting. Reading the OP's post:

> I <...> would like to be able to not be stressed and work overtime and solve hard technical problems and move towards a more rewarding job

I cannot tell whether he is saying he would like to be able to work overtime, or whether he doesn't want to <be stressed and> work overtime. I would assume, "work overtime" has a tighter coupling with the preceding "not" than with the preceding "would like to", but can't tell for sure.

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