# Alright, life, when does the hard stuff start?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-life-when-does-the-hard-stuff-start/137304>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 18, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-life-when-does-the-hard-stuff-start/137304 "2002-11-18T14:06:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-life-when-does-the-hard-stuff-start/137304/41 "2002-11-19T22:00:32Z")

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I was kind of wondering that myself, Wolfman. I left my programming job (voluntarily) last January, and have concentrated on my new career since then so I don’t really know how the high tech industry was going. I, too, know a LOT of people who have trouble getting jobs after being laid off. I wasn’t gonna mention it on this thread, but since you did, I have to agree with you. Getting a coding job ain’t what it used to be 5 years ago!

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**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-life-when-does-the-hard-stuff-start/137304/42 "2002-11-19T22:39:08Z")

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Thanks for confirming my worst fears **Reuben**. In fact, you’ve made things worse. I usually have enough to worry about in the relatively near future, but now that you point it out, I probably will die broke and alone. I found things were just fine until I graduated from college. I discovered there were no jobs for me and freaked out, but I recovered by traveling and partying for a few years. Then my “quarter life crisis” made me think I needing to be doing something more respectable. What was I thinking? I used to be so happy, and I exchanged it for a life of constant work.

**Shirley** , I agree that TV news is not worth watching, but what about newspapers? I think it’s irresponsible to just ignore what’s going on around you. My work keeps me keeps me more than sufficiently aware of the misery in the world, so I don’t feel bad that I can hardly bear to read the newspaper anymore.

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