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Are you dealing with anxiety from covid/quarantine/everything right now? I think a lot of us are in this same boat, want to get out of tech, etc. I remember wha
by mjayhn 6y ago
Are you dealing with anxiety from covid/quarantine/everything right now? I think a lot of us are in this same boat, want to get out of tech, etc. I remember what it was like making a $45k paycheck though. I had such little agency in life. Obviously people can get by on that and do much better than I did but I've gotten so accustomed to having the freedom to basically buy anything I want (obviously in reason) when I want. I don't even flinch at a $150/mo gym membership which theres no way I could afford back then. I remember wanting to learn judo and kendo when I was around 23 and being shocked at how expensive it was and I couldn't do it until I was in my late 20s.
Do I need any of that or is it worth it? Surely not. But the freedom I feel now making 3x what I did when I worked in retail is something I can't really put into words well.
- dencodev 6y agoI agree that going back to $50k a year is going to blow chunks. But it's going to be very different this time versus when I was straight out of college - I have developer skills I can fall back on in the worst case scenario, I have six figures in the bank to fall back on, my student loans and car are both paid off, I'm not moving around constantly, I'm not spending money on expensive dating. I think I will be ok. I've never been an extravagant spender on myself, only on others.
- mjayhn 6y agoWell I'm envious. I want to pull the trigger with 3 months of savings in my account and its terrifying. I absolutely loathe the people I work for right now and how they're treating their employees during COVID. I'm just really worried with the way things are right now I won't actually find a paycheck to take home in those 3 months even with my highly sought after skill. That and I don't have the energy to prepare for FAANG interviews and whiteboarding right now, I feel stuck and I hate this anxiety.
- dencodev 6y agoSorry if this is a downer, but honestly even if I wanted a new job immediately I think it would take many many months to find one. I'm planning on it taking up to a year. I've been looking at job boards a lot and even for developer jobs, they're really only hiring senior level positions right now and I'm sure the rare non-senior position is extremely competitive. My last two roles have both been senior, but I would very much be junior for anything outside web development (which I no longer want to do).