Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by encima 4369 days ago
Critiquing every detail of this man/woman's complaint is not going to help them. I think we all agree with at least some of the points. Your references to specific versions of OS' shows you living in the now. Apple will always release a new iOS and the OP's app will not always be compatible. It comes down to this: there is a lot of stuff going down and some people struggle to keep up. We give the impression that this has to be a way of life. Code at night, code at work, lifehack all the time. Some people just want a day job and, in this line of work, that is hard to do. I love it, but I also know what burnout is and the advice here does not help.
1 comments

Thanks for the understanding! By the way, it's not only about not accepting the lifestyle (e.g. coding at night) and thus struggling to keep up with the changes -- it's also not being profitable enough to hire enough people. If you want/need to be present on the three major mobile platforms and you can only afford a team of three, for example, it can be hard sometimes.