Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?

Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by medstrom on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:49AM (#26724893)

There's a term for this (anyone know?) - when someone says life has improved and attributes it to specific events when really it would have improved on any number of other paths they could've taken too. The underlying factor is that "time passed and things happened".

You imagine the alternative as staying in the spot you were in, but of course that's impossible. There are all kinds of random encounters and unknown unknowns that would have happened.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by tartoran on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:17AM (#26725300)

I was on a stagnant personal development trajectory for a while and having a family unleashed stored potential. It is impossible to know exactly how things would have turned out in an alternate reality but if I feel that things took a better turn and that is enough for me to feel satisfied.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by medstrom on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:41AM (#26726512)

That's a good way to put it, and I don't doubt you. It's just that the childless are frequently spoken to as if getting a family is the only way to unleash this potential, and I want to provide a counter-view.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by tartoran on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @11:52AM (#26726679)

Oh, I was responding from my personal experience. Some people have other priorities and are currently doing well the way they are and that is perfectly fine by me.

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