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You CAN quit. We are in an industry where you have to dodge recruiters trying to tackle you on your way to get coffee if you have any technical skill. Recruiter

by lrvick 11y ago

You CAN quit. We are in an industry where you have to dodge recruiters trying to tackle you on your way to get coffee if you have any technical skill. Recruiters that represent companies capable of paying your mortgage and some probably well needed vacations. Personally I have folded companies, quit jobs, and turned away opprotunities that represented substantially more than I make now. People have called these choices foolish but my life honestly rocks right now. Today I am happy, productive at a job I enjoy, and have time to spend with the people that matter, so who cares what other people consider logical? Optimize for work-life balance, not bank account balance.

vonmoltke 11y ago
> You CAN quit. We are in an industry where you have to dodge recruiters trying to tackle you on your way to get coffee if you have any technical skill. Recruiters that represent companies capable of paying your mortgage and some probably well needed vacations. Some of us can quit. Amazon employees in Seattle are probably in a better position than most in this respect, but many people in this industry are not so lucky.
hwstar 11y ago
Optimize for a balance of work-life balance and bank account balance. You need both.
ryandrake 11y ago
Your assessment of the tech employment market is overly rosy. OP can quit and possibly find another tech job. Chances are, it won't be noticeably different from his/her current job in terms of working conditions, compensation, or benefits. Of course there are rare outlier counter-examples, just in case someone wants to "prove" me wrong.
- lrvick 11y ago
  And yours seems overly pessimistic. "I got burned by one man/woman/job so all men/women/jobs are the same. Why bother?" You bother because getting it right is worth it, and when you do you won't regret having a few failed attempts getting there. It is a big world with a lot of positive opprotunities. Go find yours :)
rezashirazian 11y ago
This is the best comment I've seen all day. People forget that chewing and spitting out underperformance is not a monopoly possessed by the employer.

by lrvick 11y ago

vonmoltke 11y ago

> You CAN quit. We are in an industry where you have to dodge recruiters trying to tackle you on your way to get coffee if you have any technical skill. Recruiters that represent companies capable of paying your mortgage and some probably well needed vacations. Some of us can quit. Amazon employees in Seattle are probably in a better position than most in this respect, but many people in this industry are not so lucky.

hwstar 11y ago

Optimize for a balance of work-life balance and bank account balance. You need both.

ryandrake 11y ago

Your assessment of the tech employment market is overly rosy. OP can quit and possibly find another tech job. Chances are, it won't be noticeably different from his/her current job in terms of working conditions, compensation, or benefits. Of course there are rare outlier counter-examples, just in case someone wants to "prove" me wrong.

lrvick 11y ago
And yours seems overly pessimistic. "I got burned by one man/woman/job so all men/women/jobs are the same. Why bother?" You bother because getting it right is worth it, and when you do you won't regret having a few failed attempts getting there. It is a big world with a lot of positive opprotunities. Go find yours :)

rezashirazian 11y ago

This is the best comment I've seen all day. People forget that chewing and spitting out underperformance is not a monopoly possessed by the employer.