I think Ask HN lies on the upper end of the curve which is why you see "how do I deal with burnout" posts every other month, or cynical responses by clearly intelligent people (key symptoms of burnout).
Remember that nobody is going to post "Everything is going well for me right now." You're looking at only part of the story and have 0 idea how big the piece you're not seeing is.
They post it in the form of "Should I take the $50k job when I'm happy with the $36k job?".
To a lesser degree, there's "How do I motivate myself to work more than 10 hours a week?" I'm not sure if 'comfort zone' indicates happiness, but it's comfortable at least. Comfort zone posts are pretty damn common, but I see none here.
A litmus test I do on communities is write a variation of, "I spent my Sunday sleeping." If people congratulate you on your rest, they're likely overworked. If they hope you have a more productive Sunday, they're likely in the comfort zone.
Another metric is smiling. They're hard to see online, but I'd say the optimism-pessimism ratio, or excited-cynical ratio.
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Remember that nobody is going to post "Everything is going well for me right now." You're looking at only part of the story and have 0 idea how big the piece you're not seeing is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjFoDTPeX6U
They post it in the form of "Should I take the $50k job when I'm happy with the $36k job?".
To a lesser degree, there's "How do I motivate myself to work more than 10 hours a week?" I'm not sure if 'comfort zone' indicates happiness, but it's comfortable at least. Comfort zone posts are pretty damn common, but I see none here.
A litmus test I do on communities is write a variation of, "I spent my Sunday sleeping." If people congratulate you on your rest, they're likely overworked. If they hope you have a more productive Sunday, they're likely in the comfort zone.
Another metric is smiling. They're hard to see online, but I'd say the optimism-pessimism ratio, or excited-cynical ratio.