[bsaul]

Does anyone else here finds that there is disproportionnate amount of articles related to death, depression and mental illness that reaches the frontpage of HN ? I'm not saying it's necesseraly a bad thing, but it makes me wonder about the effects working in IT might have on mental health.

[brixon]

I think you are just noticing them. I feel like I see more of the "I work 5 minutes a day and I'm more productive than you", "unlimited vacation is awesome", or "I don't want money, I just want to surf more"

[conistonwater]

One might also think that such articles are underrepresented everywhere else. In fact, seeing them getting voted up is some evidence that people actually want to read them.

[tim333]

It might be that software guys see depression and think - Ah, a software problem in the head, how can we fix that? Unlike most of the rest of the world.

[hueving]

No, but perhaps you taking notice of them is a reflection of your sensitivity to the topic. The ones I see way to many of are about how amazing cities are and how crappy cars/suburbia is.

[milesf]

I've noticed the same trend. IT/tech workers are not known for their balanced work lives (eating healthy, exercise, not working too much).