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I am going on month 6 of a sabbatical and it's been Completely transformative. Can we - the technical community within HN - lead the charge to make Sabbaticals
by AndrewKemendo 4y ago
I am going on month 6 of a sabbatical and it's been Completely transformative.
Can we - the technical community within HN - lead the charge to make Sabbaticals part of our community expectations for work?
It's going to require hard negotiating but we have shown, as a technical community, that we can lead shifts in how people work.
- frouge 4y agoWould you explain how was it transformative for you?
- AndrewKemendo 4y agoThanks for asking. I'll skip the details and say that I finally had the time to work through a lot of trauma from my childhood, as well as having enough time away from being required to work that I really was able to hone in on what I am good at and passionate about.
- orzig 4y agoI suspect that the more palatable path would be “normalize resume gaps”, with the first step being public data on just how damaging they currently are. It’s plausibly zero if you are technical and spent a (even small) fraction self-learning, though I truly don’t know what the data would show. Anecdotal: A friend took about 3mo off, then spent 3mo practicing and doing FAANG-adjacent interviews for a mid career technical role. Ended up OK, taking a little longer than expected but two offers above previous salary.
- scubbo 4y agoDitto. Just beginning to ramp back up to interviewing again. I'm happy to report that I _am_ excited and eager to return to working (I was pretty worried that I would discover that all I wanted to do was live the life of leisure - which is pleasant, but unsustainable!), but that I'm doing so with a much healthier mindset and attitude towards work.
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