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Sorry but what are we supposed to take from this? It sounds like this person was helped every step of the way, including immigration, but fell into depression a

by tnone 10y ago

Sorry but what are we supposed to take from this? It sounds like this person was helped every step of the way, including immigration, but fell into depression and mental health issues around the same time they transitioned gender. But apparently the only thing that changed was other people's perception of him/her? I doubt it. Now they post a long self indulgent medium post rambling on about their career, which turns out to be a job ad / guilt tripping combo. Nobody owes you a job, everyone goes through struggles like this sometimes. The fact that it even occurs to someone to post something like this is a sign they believe it'll work. That's privilege.

smoyer 10y ago
I was thinking the same thing ... I've been in tech for 35 years and it's generally a stressful industry (especially during crunch time). She also seems to spend a very short amount of time at each place she works and is constantly changing frameworks/technology. Don't get me wrong, I like playing with new technologies but you also need to achieve mastery at some of them.
- lhnz 10y ago
  It's wrong to say they're constantly changing frameworks/technology when they are clearly specialised within the JavaScript ecosystem: Node, React, GraphQL, etc. Also, I think the post above yours is in very poor taste. They might have gotten a little help along the way, but the reality is that companies don't support people with mental health issues enough. Also, I'm unfortunately not surprised that they were out of work for 7 months, and expect it probably was due to bias against non-conforming gender identities. The world is superficial and cruel about things like this.
  - smoyer 10y ago
    Yes ... the deck is stacked against her for other reasons which may make it entirely impossible to prosper in a tech field. I'm not saying that any of the other factors that might have led her to abandon the field that (from the writing it seems that) she loves. Mental health issues can have devastating effects on any career (not that that's fair either) but it's no secret that many of the homeless in the U.S. have mental health problems.
- bythckr 10y ago
  It's true that one has to master a few but it is difficult in a rather unstable job market. I am not complaining. I just sharing my concern. My perspective might be wrong, please comment. Personally, my stack keeps changing with every job. I have worked on many diverse systems like vb.net desktop app, C# asp.net, java, django, jekyll, rails and I am honestly confused & lost. I will be hunting again in a couple of months. Now I decided to start doing a personal project so I can focus on a stack and not worry of changing. I am focusing on js as I have spent most of the time in web apps and use html, js & css but my skill level is very average. Now I am learning js as I want to strength my front-end basics. I picked vuejs but the decision was tough one and I am not sure its the right one. While flask as my backend. The variety of stack are just stressful. I am still not sure if this is a good choice for career or I should look at spring or python (django/flask) or ruby (rails) or go full on js with nodejs. React & angular are just nightmare. I am trying to not think of mobile. That is an ie6 nightmare all over again. I am now looking for a steady job for 2 yrs with a particular stack as I can focus on it. The health issue is another concern. I have stopped taking the lift for 1-2 floors and make a point to just go for 30 mins walk in the open air.

by tnone 10y ago

smoyer 10y ago

I was thinking the same thing ... I've been in tech for 35 years and it's generally a stressful industry (especially during crunch time). She also seems to spend a very short amount of time at each place she works and is constantly changing frameworks/technology. Don't get me wrong, I like playing with new technologies but you also need to achieve mastery at some of them.

lhnz 10y ago
It's wrong to say they're constantly changing frameworks/technology when they are clearly specialised within the JavaScript ecosystem: Node, React, GraphQL, etc. Also, I think the post above yours is in very poor taste. They might have gotten a little help along the way, but the reality is that companies don't support people with mental health issues enough. Also, I'm unfortunately not surprised that they were out of work for 7 months, and expect it probably was due to bias against non-conforming gender identities. The world is superficial and cruel about things like this.
- smoyer 10y ago
  Yes ... the deck is stacked against her for other reasons which may make it entirely impossible to prosper in a tech field. I'm not saying that any of the other factors that might have led her to abandon the field that (from the writing it seems that) she loves. Mental health issues can have devastating effects on any career (not that that's fair either) but it's no secret that many of the homeless in the U.S. have mental health problems.
bythckr 10y ago
It's true that one has to master a few but it is difficult in a rather unstable job market. I am not complaining. I just sharing my concern. My perspective might be wrong, please comment. Personally, my stack keeps changing with every job. I have worked on many diverse systems like vb.net desktop app, C# asp.net, java, django, jekyll, rails and I am honestly confused & lost. I will be hunting again in a couple of months. Now I decided to start doing a personal project so I can focus on a stack and not worry of changing. I am focusing on js as I have spent most of the time in web apps and use html, js & css but my skill level is very average. Now I am learning js as I want to strength my front-end basics. I picked vuejs but the decision was tough one and I am not sure its the right one. While flask as my backend. The variety of stack are just stressful. I am still not sure if this is a good choice for career or I should look at spring or python (django/flask) or ruby (rails) or go full on js with nodejs. React & angular are just nightmare. I am trying to not think of mobile. That is an ie6 nightmare all over again. I am now looking for a steady job for 2 yrs with a particular stack as I can focus on it. The health issue is another concern. I have stopped taking the lift for 1-2 floors and make a point to just go for 30 mins walk in the open air.