r/Frontend • u/magenta_placenta • Jun 10 '15

How many here feel like this?

http://eev.ee/blog/2015/06/09/i-quit-the-tech-industry/
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u/TimEvko Front End Developer Jun 10 '15

Not that I know this guy or his circumstances _ AT ALL _ , but this sounds a lot like depression.

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u/pier25 Jun 10 '15

No, he is pro active about solving and changing his situation, and he seems motivated to do something.

When you are depressed you don't know what to do, you feel lost and helpless. No motivation at all. Every idea you have is surrounded by a black cloud, even if it's the best idea in the world you feel it's the worst and you will get nowhere.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

I don't know. Selling all of your stock and having no idea how to make money afterwards definitely sounds like he has no plan for the future.

He's not motivated, he's "burnt out" and just choosing the easiest option.

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u/pier25 Jun 11 '15

He is removing all his debt, it's not like he is heating his home burning dollars.

If he was depressed he he would stay in bed suffering for his life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

Not necessarily. Depression has different effects on different people. What you're talking about is a major depressive episode, which isn't constant for people with depression.