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The job market is insane right now. If you are halfway decent and have Java, Python, Ruby, .NET, or Vue/React on your resume you will have 2-3 offers in the ne

The job market is insane right now. If you are halfway decent and have Java, Python, Ruby, .NET, or Vue/React on your resume you will have 2-3 offers in the next four weeks. Also I would ask do you have an 3-6 month emergency fund? If so then I would simply say leave now, like right now. Take the holidays off to brush up your resume and start your new job hunt. If this job is crushing your professional self esteem there is zero chance it isn't negatively impacting your family. Children pick up on everything and will pay more attention to what you do than say. You are showing them that you are unworthy of being treated well, thereby they will start to internalize that they too are unworthy.

giantg2 5y ago
I'm halfway decent at Neoxam and Filenet. It doesn't seem that insane to me. Sure there are tons of senior postings, but very few midlevel. I don't want to leave until I have something better lined up. Supposedly this place is one of the best companies to work for, so I don't want to be pressured to take a worse job if I don't have income.
- brailsafe 5y ago
  Why don't you take a month off then? As long as it wouldn't be devastating to your finances, it would be great for your mental health. That's definitely another thing I should have done. But I didn't, and I burnt out, and I got terminated before I could quit which makes it a lot harder to bounce back. Part of the problem is that software dev just absolutely sucks, a lot of the time.
  - giantg2 5y ago
    Thow would be a great idea if I weren't already off track (rating). They will hold that time off against me, especially since it would be a leave of absence. They would have to approve it too. I dont want to be put on a PIP.
brailsafe 5y ago
I agree with your latter point, but not your former. The job market isn't that hot, and it's unsafe to be that optimistic. There's a lot of companies looking, but you need to be remarkably lucky or have something notable with your name on it (lucky) to land something that quickly. It's also cheaper than ever for any company to try and filter people out before anyone looks at your resume. You apply, and you get handed a multi-hour long coding test that they bought from HackerRank. Ya maybe you pass it or should be able to, but maybe you've been programming Vue for the last 6 months, they didn't speak to you, and so sent over a React test. Either way, it's an absolute shitshow to interview right now, with a lot of variability in all aspects.
- giantg2 5y ago
  "but maybe you've been programming Vue for the last 6 months, they didn't speak to you, and so sent over a React test. Either way, it's an absolute shitshow to interview right now, with a lot of variability in all aspects." Yep, this is what I've been seeing a lot of...even for the internal job postings that require a code screen.

giantg2 5y ago

I'm halfway decent at Neoxam and Filenet. It doesn't seem that insane to me. Sure there are tons of senior postings, but very few midlevel. I don't want to leave until I have something better lined up. Supposedly this place is one of the best companies to work for, so I don't want to be pressured to take a worse job if I don't have income.

brailsafe 5y ago
Why don't you take a month off then? As long as it wouldn't be devastating to your finances, it would be great for your mental health. That's definitely another thing I should have done. But I didn't, and I burnt out, and I got terminated before I could quit which makes it a lot harder to bounce back. Part of the problem is that software dev just absolutely sucks, a lot of the time.
- giantg2 5y ago
  Thow would be a great idea if I weren't already off track (rating). They will hold that time off against me, especially since it would be a leave of absence. They would have to approve it too. I dont want to be put on a PIP.

brailsafe 5y ago

I agree with your latter point, but not your former. The job market isn't that hot, and it's unsafe to be that optimistic. There's a lot of companies looking, but you need to be remarkably lucky or have something notable with your name on it (lucky) to land something that quickly. It's also cheaper than ever for any company to try and filter people out before anyone looks at your resume. You apply, and you get handed a multi-hour long coding test that they bought from HackerRank. Ya maybe you pass it or should be able to, but maybe you've been programming Vue for the last 6 months, they didn't speak to you, and so sent over a React test. Either way, it's an absolute shitshow to interview right now, with a lot of variability in all aspects.

giantg2 5y ago
"but maybe you've been programming Vue for the last 6 months, they didn't speak to you, and so sent over a React test. Either way, it's an absolute shitshow to interview right now, with a lot of variability in all aspects." Yep, this is what I've been seeing a lot of...even for the internal job postings that require a code screen.