Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

"It gets easier" is a lie that the longer-serving parents tell the fresh meat, so they have some hope to cling to whenever they start to go crazy. Maybe it gets easier after they get a stable job and move out; I'll let you know after my anecdata results come in.

Sure, you eventually stop changing diapers, but that chore gets replaced by something else. And that one by something else, over and over. You're a debugger and fixer for a general-purpose natural intelligence project, and you have to strike a balance between two goals: it won't get destroyed by the world, and it won't destroy the world.



At the very least, I can confirm my 1 year old is far, far, far easier than she was at 3 months old.

Still exhausting, though.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: