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Answer: Sorry to hear you are feeling burned out! It's quite common even for t.​.​.​ Susan's Digest Top Stories For You I'm a software engineer in my mid-40s and want to get out of the field because competition has become too extreme. What choices do I have? Nicolas Turner, Cloud Developer at Amazon Web Services Written Apr 9, 2018 Sorry to hear you are feeling burned out! It's quite common even for those of us below 40. The best advice I ever received was to remember that we live in a completely diff... Read More » What is another sleeping medication I can take if I'm bipolar and on Seroquel, Trazodone and Risperdal? The doctor will not prescribe benzodiazapines or Ambien since I can't take them long term. Alan Koenigsberg, M.D., Physician, Psychiatrist,Psychotherapist, Professor Written Jan 27 For my bipolar patients, I don't usually have them on two antipsychotics. I have all of my bipolar patients taking a mood stabilizer. If they need an antipsychotic, and have ... Read More » People who were late to work, what insane reaction have you received from your boss or manager? Janette Scheib, B.A. Business and Finance Written Jun 26, 2020 I was scheduled to arrive at 8:45 a.m. and had an appointment with a customer at 9:00 a.m. My commute usually took 45 minutes, but I left at 7:45 just to be safe. About two ... Read More » Should I change my CS major because of the "no code movement"? Dani Richard, B.S. Information and Computer Science & Systems Programming, Georgia Institute o... Written Aug 10, 2020 You should only be a CS major if software development is something you have a passion for. The "no code movement" first appeared with COBOL. For then it was assumed "Anyone ... Read More » My husband's son is turning 21 and his mother is throwing him a party, but the invitation is for everyone except for his little sister that he has from me. What should I do? Melanie Reynolds, Been married for 25 years Written Nov 19 Is the little sister very young, like a child? If so I can understand wanting an adult's party for the new adult. If she is like 17 or something, you might ask her. What you... Read More » How can I estimate the IQ of a person when I interact with him/her? Dominik Edgar, Member of Mensa AUS Written Sep 29, 2017 Very intelligent people are typically more curious, open-minded, very individualistic (not very social although some are social for their career or profession), tend to hav... Read More » I was rejected for a job but they asked me to reapply later. Why would a company ask you to re-apply if they didn't want you the first time? Ed Han, Talent Acquisition Geek | JobSeeker Ally | Job-Hunt-org Written Dec 17 I was rejected for a job but they asked me to reapply later. Why would a company ask you to re-apply if they didn't want you the first time? I live, work, and hire in the US... Read More » Has anyone had any serious complications from the Oxford Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine so far? Nicholas Stone, Both ADHD and on the autism spectrum. Learning as I go along. Updated Sun I've had my first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccination. My second dose will be in April 2021. Side effects started 12 hours after the vaccination. These include fatigue... Read More » I have a very high IQ but some things that are generally associated with gifted intelligence refuse to "click" in my brain. Examples would include things such as a Rubik's cube and chess. Why? Vivienne Marcus, lives in New Zealand Updated Dec 11 Some people seem to think that a high IQ is some sort of shorthand for "automatically good at everything". Some people (notably Mensa) seem to consider that IQ is a surroga... Read More » Is software engineering the "21st century's dead end job"? Someone who had 20 years of experience commented that in another answer. Are they right? Alan Mellor Updated Jan 24 Interesting point: maybe. There's only really two parts to a developer career: early stage then 'senior developer'. You can stay a senior dev for a whole career. So in that s... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/