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I had a similar issue, it started 5 years ago, I was training and got a spasm in my back, it happened a few more times over the next year.

The spasm would take 10-30 seconds to fade, but it left behind a discomfort in my back, and the discomfort wouldn't go. especially when I approached work. if I was gaming or having fun, the pain would go.

it was chronic, stayed with me for 3-4 years, until I couldn't sit for longer than 5 minutes without my back killing me.

I tried posture exercises, sitting straight for long periods of time with a good posture, shoulders back and down, 90 degree elbows, 90 degree knees, monitor right infront of my eyes instead of looking down on a laptop.

But the pain only got worse, and I got depressed, then had to quit coding for 1.5 years.

until someone here I think mentioned a book called "Heal your back", I thought it was BS but read it anyway, and I found a cure to my back there. Turns out its in a totally another place.

I was extremely stressed, and I was not taking care of my psychology, and my perfectionism was contributing lots to the stress and therefore more pain.

It's called TMS "tension myositis syndrome", basically when stress becomes real pain that you feel in your body. and now I'm seeing more and more therapists for it, search Pain Reprocessing Therapy on youtube

I hope this helps someone :)

I disabled all my extensions except adblockers, and SponsorBlock. issue didn't happen yet.

UPDATE: turns out this is happening not only on HN in my browser, so definitely its from my side.

Win10 & Chrome Version 105.0.5195.102 (Official Build) (32-bit)

Hey, I don't have any screen-reader turned on on my chrome or my machine

100% it is HN

It happened when I'm writing you this comment. Yes I have browser extensions.

By the time I opened DevTools the audio has already stopped, I searched for video/audio html tags, but found nothing

Same here, lost my job cause of burnout, didn't get a job for the past 1.5yrs. Lost.

I see, thanks for your input. I was a bit concerned about going in on contracting and losing the option to get a job later.

"regular jobs" where I live, offer very bad compensation packages. I see a lot of remote companies offering good pay along with a good environment and good benefits.

Hey, thanks for your input.

So can I conclude from what you said, that I should have my contributions profile ready for when an opportunity is open at a company I'm contributing to, I have a higher chance to get the opportunity compared to non-contributors?

I don't think "more than once" can get you a job, my goal was to contribute a LOT, like full-time for 3-6 months on issues that no one wants to work on so I actually impress.

I see, thanks for your input.

I would like to know for sure if it is good investment to contribute to the companies that I like :)

It would be a bit hard for me to get an interview in the first place, I'm not a US citizen.

> when they have given no indication that they would even consider it.

That's exactly why I'm asking this question,

> It might be better to spend that free time to build a portfolio of independent projects to showcase to potential employers.

I already have a couple(wordhunt.xyz, getquoter.app), but they do not seem enough to land me a job somehow, and I don't want to apply to 100+ companies to get someone to hire me.

I would like to choose a company that I like and believe are doing a good thing, and then apply and get accepted instead of randomly applying to any company with good pay.

That's what first came to my mind as well.

I would like to hear from someone with experience just to rest my mind and go ALL IN contributing :D

ok this looks better, I just submitted my application, it says its under review. thanks for helping out!

I see, I tried signing up as a coach. but it needs a lot of info and writing(projects you've done, experience, impact) which I'm definitely not good at.

and after all that writing you should start marketing yourself. which has the same hustle as selling yourself to a company to recruit you, more or less.

Ok, makes sense!

I think I'll do this and ask some recruiter friends of mine about how it looks :)

thanks, maybe I reply here and ask you if it looks good

I see, thanks for your reply

Is remote contracting a thing?

And if my resume is all contracting work, wouldn't it get harder to get a job as an employee later?

Hm, where exactly? In the coverletter or somewhere else?

this is not working

I have to look on why their product didn't get established, they've put in enough effort to make this product a good on.