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What Happened to Lee

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1298 points jgrahamc | 1 comments | 15 Apr 20 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 1.926s | source
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rubicon33 ◴[15 Apr 20 20:42 UTC] No.22882787[source]▶
Terrifying.

As a software engineer, shit like this scares me. I've felt like I'm on a steady, slow, decline for the last ~4 years.

Is it just burnout? Do I need a new hobby?

I used to love programming... Spent 12 hours a day jamming on it. Now, I struggle to keep my mind on a line of code for more than 5 minutes.

At what point is it just burnout, or at what point is it something more? That's what's terrifying to me. I imagine that was a challenge for those close to Lee.

We just know so little about the human body. Our ability to easily query the state of the body, to assess which functional components are working, and which need help, is dismal.

I just hope that Lee, in whatever state he is in, isn't suffering.

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1. stef25 ◴[17 Apr 20 13:13 UTC] No.22898656[source]▶
I'm the same. Often incapable of grasping a solution which I know is just within reach. With some problems I can "feel" my brain just blocking, I can't visualise complex data structures. I'll spend days staring at a problem until I give up and ask a colleague who quickly points out the obviously solution. Pretty embarrassing.