u/paddockson

Can't find Impidimp, saw online people say hes at the route 2 den, but all I keep getting is the 3 legendary dogs

Does anyone know if there is a rom hack/improved version of YUGIOH Sacred Cards?

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Had my implant fitted around 5-6 months ago and had a small sinus lift as well. Healing went fine, a little painful but its all healed great. Had the crown fitted yesterday, was a able to eat on it within the hour and works great. Although I know I shouldn't do this, when i push against the crown i feel a pressure in my sinuses. Is this normal after a crown fit?

Had my implant fitted around 5-6 months ago and had a small sinus lift as well. Healing went fine, a little painful but its all healed great. Had the crown fitted yesterday, was a able to eat on it within the hour and works great. Although I know I shouldn't do this, when i push against the crown i feel a pressure in my sinuses. Is this normal after a crown fit?

32M from the UK. I'm extremely stressed lately. Recently, it was the one-year anniversary of my stepdad's death. So many things seem to be changing in my life, and he used to be a guru for advice on life in general. I really miss him.

I'm pretty sure my biological dad dislikes me as a man. He hasn't remembered my birthday in almost 3–4 years. He's never really said he's proud of me or loves me, ever. I'm pretty sure he speaks to me out of obligation.

I have a good career as a software engineer, but I'm trying to move up to senior. It's not really working at the moment. But all the current hype is making me feel like I might actually lose my career soon.

I'm pretty sure that in the next 5–10 years, I won't be able to provide for anyone. So I feel kind of useless as a man right now because I feel incapable of increasing our standard of living.

I'm pretty sure my partner, who I have a house with, has zero respect for me as a man. We don't really have sex anymore; we just have it once a month out of obligation. She claims it's just because we're comfortable with each other. I'm pretty sure it's because she doesn't see me as a man anymore.

My best friend is getting married and wants me to make a speech, but I'm honestly terrified and pretty sure I'm going to fuck it up. So I just don't want to be best man. He has another friend who really wanted to be best man, so I think he should be.

For the first time in almost 6, maybe 7 years, I'm thinking about hanging myself from the trees near my house. I live close to my biological dad, and back when I lived with him, I planned to hang myself from that same tree. I actually got the rope and learned the knot, and was too much of a pussy to do it.

I tried to contact my old therapist's place, but it's been 2 weeks and I've had no reply. Only thing keeping me alive right now is that im pretty sure my death will kill my mum.

The reason im posting on here is because I dont know who to talk to about this without being told im doing this to myself or feeling weak. I dont mean to be this way. 

Where were you all at 32?

I been in SWE for almost 8 years now, my salary does not reflect my skillset but I do like the place I work, they treat me well. I tried doing some interview the past month and no offer yet.

But I'm feeling so behind in my career, my goal is to be a system architect and I feel like I don't deserve to ever get there and that's its impossible for me to reach there.

Did anyone else feel like there career did not have much runway left?

I've been watching videos about MMORPG development and one point that keeps coming up is how many Kickstarter MMOs fail to reach release or fail to meet expectations. It got me thinking about a different approach. RuneScape's polling system and community-driven development has always appealed to me. Players don't always agree on content, but it gives the community real influence over the direction of the game.

So here's my question:

Could a small-team MMORPG that was fully open source and heavily community-driven actually work? I'm a software engineer and making an MMO has always been a dream project of mine. The biggest obstacle is obviously scope. Most MMO projects try to build massive worlds, huge content pipelines, and large development teams from day one.

What if the goal was the opposite? A very small MMO with a core team maintaining the project while the community contributed ideas, systems, balancing, and potentially even code through an open-source model, that would expand as time went on. Do you think players would be interested in something like that, or do MMOs ultimately require strong central creative direction to succeed?

Are there any examples of community-driven MMO projects that actually worked?

​Just finished the first book.

​I thought the first half of this was "meh." I actually stopped at one point, put the book down, and did not pick it back up for like a month. I thought the mystery element, neon space detective, and contrasting space military themes were fun, but nothing was really happening other than the Martian ship getting attacked.

​But then I picked the book back up, and the next chapter the characters all met at Eros Station... how can a book go from "meh" to "this is pure art" so quickly? I got to that part 3 days ago, and every spare moment I've had, I was reading this book.

​There is a dialogue scene between Fred, Holden, Miller, and the Protogen director or something (forgot his name). And he mentions how something literally threw the Protomolecule 2 billion years ago, and these things were gods then, what are they now? That shit is the most Mass Effect-pilled thing I've ever read, and it gave me chills. I took a picture of the entire page and sent it to my friends. At that moment, I knew I was going to be reading Caliban's War.

​The ending was fantastic; the way the Protomolecule evolved, how this all fitted together with Miller's story, and also how the problem was solved was just exciting! The hard sci-fi aspect of this book was great, but as soon as Eros Station shifted to avoid the Nauvoo, I knew instantly we were going to start seeing alien-level stuff. I loved that shift so much.

​I'm starting book two tonight! I really want more ship battles, expansion of the Protomolecule lore, and a little more depth to these characters!

I am a 32-year-old male in the South East UK with 8 years of experience. I'm an extremely versatile developer who can build solutions end-to-end. I had to learn these skills in my current role because I am one of only three developers, and the company outsources much of the other work they need.

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I am significantly underpaid at £45k per year because I joined when I was less experienced and have now been there for four years. My current job title is Full Stack Engineer.

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Recently, I pushed back and explained that I am no longer happy with my pay. I told my manager that I would like to be promoted to Senior and outlined why I believe I deserve a pay increase into the £60k–£70k range, along with a title change. After a lengthy discussion, my boss said it was good feedback and that he would get back to me. However, he also said that to become a Senior Engineer, he needs to see me leading more.

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As a result, I began leading several initiatives. I integrated our agentic AI system, and I've also started and am leading a new test automation project.

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Eventually, he came back to me and said that he would not make me a Senior Engineer yet, but he would move me into the next pay band (£50k–£60k) if I could continue to demonstrate leadership. I pushed back and argued that if being a Senior Engineer means demonstrating leadership, then why am I not being made a Senior Engineer and instead only receiving a pay increase that is still below my market value? He laughed and said, "I don't know how to answer that."

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I then had a meeting with the CTO where I became a little frustrated and repeated many of the points above. He told me that I am now on a list of people they want to progress this year and that I should continue pushing for it, as I will eventually get the promotion I am seeking.

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A week later, our Senior Engineer was promoted to Solution Architect. I was genuinely happy for her because she deserved it. However, it also made me wonder: if I am supposedly operating at a higher level and taking on more responsibility, why was I not considered for the Senior position she left behind?

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My logical theory is that our other Senior Engineer is coasting toward retirement and primarily focuses on front-end work. I do most of the end-to-end development, while he spends around 80% of his time on the front end and contributes elsewhere only occasionally. Part of me wonders whether they cannot promote me until he moves on.

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My emotional side tells me they are simply using me as cheap labour for end-to-end work because they think I won't leave. I have already been interviewing elsewhere, but I haven't found anything I particularly like because most of the opportunities are pure development roles. At my current company, I have genuine ownership and autonomy. I also have excellent work-life balance, great benefits, and work 100% remotely.

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For the more experienced developers here, what does your experience and insight tell you is actually going on?

I have never been official diagnosed with dyslexia but if you ask any family or friend if I have or not they would be pretty convinced that I do. My brain tends to move quicker than my hands with typing and i end up leaving words out and this is the same with reading aswell, I skip words.

But im noticing something new and would like to see if anyone else has this issue. I enjoy reading but I'm super slow at reading, so sometimes a 500 page book could take me months. So im trying to become a faster reader by cutting out the inner voice in my head and absorbing the words instead. Its working well, im deffiently not comprehending as much but im getting a very good at generally understanding what is going on. But sometimes I feel like my brain shuts down when I go too fast like my brain can not keep up with my eyes at all. Im reading, im understanding and then suddenly boom, my brain is like "no more man".

Is this a dyslexia thing or im reading way too fast?

I really need a new strategy game that has space battles that is like EAW.... is there anything like that?

I really need a new strategy game that has space battles that is like EAW.... is there anything like that?

I just did an interview with a business and im feeling so down when the guy said "So just so were clear the CEO has really gone head-first into AI, we generate lots of our code but we still need people ensuring its correct. Are you ok with this cause i mainly spend my day reviewing code." The entire interview after that, I was just not interested and just wanted to finish ASAP.

Is this the future? Are we just code reviewers now? Dont get me wrong, i find AI super useful for debugging, searching code bases and generating simple stuff but a fully generated code base just makes me want to lay down and die.

My Current Mindset:

I'm a 32M and I'm a software engineer. Right now, in the age of AI, my career certainty is a little anxiety-inducing, but I'm in the percentage that does the designing and end-to-end implementation rather than just pure coding. I feel safe. Right now, I'm interviewing for new roles. The new role I'm going for is a lot more volatile than my current role but doubles my salary. I also have to start thinking about gathering as much experience in stakeholder communication, designing systems better, and being more product-minded. I'm also trying to be more visible in companies, all so I can avoid becoming obsolete.

The reason this is my mindset is because me and my partner have owned a home for 2.5 years, which is rare for people our age in the UK, and I need to maintain that. We are looking at having kids in the next couple of years, so I need to work hard to provide for my entire future family. I need to stay on top of the latest tech. Daily, I'm watching videos and reading articles about tech, AI, etc. I'm also consistently thinking about pensions and investments so that we can have a nice, comfortable future. How much can we save to put into the ISA? Stocks are low, do I sell now? Etc., etc.

What Is Happening:

I'm so tired and burnt out. I read news about the latest tech, and sometimes I almost feel like I can't breathe because I'm struggling to keep up. Reality is... I don't need to keep up, really, just wait it all out until something sticks. But my anxiety doesn't let me do that. My partner gets so annoyed by me always talking about new problems in the world that could affect our future and how we should prepare for them accordingly. I'm self-aware enough to see the problem, but at the same time my brain is telling me, "You're only being logical and protecting her."

My current place of work is chilled, but they refuse to promote me because they're cheap. This new job seems very high-paced, but it's good pay. The market is not great right now, so I don't have a whole lot of choice. I just want to spend a weekend not thinking about any of this, go an hour without checking Reddit, the news, the latest articles, or my emails.

What I Want:

It might sound weird, but I love stories. I love Mass Effect, LOTR, Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Avatar: TLAB, Halo Reach, Iron Lung, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Star Wars (before it got shit). I adore these stories so much, and I want to build my own world and share it with people. I listen to music so much and imagine these stories: big space battles, political turmoil, heroes overcoming the worst odds, etc., etc.

I want to write a story and present it somehow, via a game or a short animation, I'm not sure. I just know that I want to maybe focus for a year or two and just coast in my career while building something creative. But I feel like if I do that, I will fall behind in life and it will drastically affect our future. I hear about how people leave their industries, like the guys who made Expedition 33, to start their own studio... man, I wish I had the balls and resources to do that! To truly build something and one day show my kids or grandkids, and maybe they can extend it!

I just don't know how to be this person, Im not even sure If I should be that person.

I’m a 32M in the South East UK with 8 years of software engineering experience. I’ve been at my current company for 4 years and I’m currently on £44k/year, which I know is very under market for my skillset.

My experience is fairly broad: end-to-end ownership, cloud infrastructure, IaC, backend, frontend, databases, and AI work. The trade-off has always been that the role is fully remote, has great benefits, and genuinely excellent work-life balance.

I started pushing for a Senior promotion in early 2025, after nearly 3 years at the company. Around that same time, my dad suddenly passed away without warning. Honestly, I don’t really remember much between May and August 2025 I was in a pretty severe depressive state and everything became a blur.

I’m doing a lot better now and recently started pushing for progression again. My manager was vague about it for weeks, mostly saying things like “I’ll speak to HR and the CTO and see what we can do.”

At the same time, I decided to quietly test the market. To my surprise, I immediately started getting approached for roles paying nearly double my current salary. I interviewed with one London-based startup offering £90k/year, and the interview went extremely well within hours I was moved to the next stage with the Engineering Manager.

Ironically, during those same hours, my boss called me and said they would only consider moving me to the next pay band (minimum ~£55k) if I could prove myself by leading a major project: building an automated testing solution for two flagship products.

However, they still would not give me the Senior Full Stack title.

Honestly, it felt a bit like the Star Wars line:
“You are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Master.”

I was pretty shocked by the response and didn’t even argue back. Especially considering the only other senior engineer on the team is effectively coasting toward retirement doing mostly bits of frontend work and he’s two pay bands above me.

So now I’m seriously considering this London startup opportunity, but I do have concerns:

• In my experience, startups can be extremely high-pressure and sometimes toxic. Is that generally true?
• I looked into the company’s public financials and they had a rough 2025, laying off around 10 out of 60 staff.
• Their operational costs are reportedly £6–8M, while revenue was under £400k , although they apparently pivoted last year and may not have declared 2026 revenue yet.
• The business originally operated more like a charity/non-profit model, but has now pivoted into SaaS for that same industry.
• They mentioned 2 days per week in London, but the rest of the tech team is remote, and they implied the office requirement is flexible.

So I guess my question to more experienced engineers is:

What would you do in this situation?

I’m not desperate for money. I could easily stay where I am, quiet quit a little, and find something safer than a volatile startup. My partner is completely happy living within our means, and if I did take the role, we’d aggressively save in case things went wrong.

But I’m worried about the current market. If I joined and got laid off in late 2026, would I struggle badly to find another role?

I’m also deeply protective of my work-life balance since my dad passed away. In my experience, startups often have terrible WLB and a culture of constant pressure.

I think I’m just stressed and struggling to work out what the “right” career move is here.

Any advice or words of wisdom would be genuinely appreciated.

Edit: I would like to say its not like im swimming in interviews the market seems super low right now, in 1 months iv been put forward for 4 positions when 2-3 years ago that would of been around 16.