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I've held basically the same job since graduating almost a decade ago, but the pandemic has done it for me. I'm paid well, treated well, and work on interestin
by georgeburdell 5y ago
I've held basically the same job since graduating almost a decade ago, but the pandemic has done it for me. I'm paid well, treated well, and work on interesting things, but it's fundamentally an on-site job where I interact with a lot of people, most of whom are blue collar and from high risk Covid communities. I have 2 children under 5 and so even with a vaccine I'm putting them at risk every day I go into work.
I currently am burning all ~12 weeks of my accumulated vacation days as a "leave of absence" as I look for another job as a pure software engineer. I do software in my day job but we don't keep up with the software industry trends like Docker etc. so I'm having to learn that on top of grinding Leetcode.
- the_only_law 5y ago> with the software industry trends like Docker etc. so I'm having to learn that on top of grinding Leetcode. Yeah this is the thing that kills me. I have limited energy. Do I waste it all leetcoding or trying to learn the tools that jobs are asking for.
- xyzzyz 5y ago> I have 2 children under 5 and so even with a vaccine I'm putting them at risk every day I go into work. If that makes you feel any better, they are at less risk now than before pandemics. For children under 5, COVID is less dangerous than flu, and thanks to COVID changes in travel and behavior patterns, flu is pretty much nonexistent. If you weren’t worrying about your children getting flu, you shouldn’t worry much about them getting COVID. Hope that makes you feel better.