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Hating your job is a matter of the real, material conditions * your own perspective, optimism, ability to make lemonade out of lemons, and pain tolerance. Unfo

Hating your job is a matter of the real, material conditions * your own perspective, optimism, ability to make lemonade out of lemons, and pain tolerance. Unfortunately it's often seen as easier to change the former than the latter (which seems to perhaps be developed throughout childhood and one's upbringing and former experiences), but I would perhaps try to brainstorm if you can ways to improve your own subjective perspective/lens itself. If you quit your prior job, and with your new one hate and want to quit it/think your discomfort for it'll get you fired, maybe you could try to reach out to those around you in your peer network (maybe a former dev coworker or boss or a current coworker and try to get their perspective on things). Maybe there's something with your own ability to tolerate discomfort or find solace in good aspects of your jobs that you could find.

ge96 3y ago
The thing is, without debt, my job is decent, people would be glad. But it is also brain dead development. We outsource our work and I just glue it together... And then they recently have really gotten into micromanaging where every minute of the day is tracked vs. hey, you have two weeks to complete this sprint. That's what an agency is I guess. My ideal job I'm not qualified for unless I do it as a hobby eg. robotics. So I will free myself financially eventually and then do that for fun. And I will continue to help my families since they're in a worse situation than me. Hopefully I remember being poor. I used to dream of having a Lamborghini Aventador but now I realize that money could buy me a house with land somewhere.
- ge96 3y ago
  6 days later I just got myself fired from my job lol. I guess my opinion on bad company practice went too far. Well I will see how I adapt to this situation. I could have quit but idk... I wanted that layoff effect where "it wasn't my choice" but I'm just a coward I guess.

ge96 3y ago

The thing is, without debt, my job is decent, people would be glad. But it is also brain dead development. We outsource our work and I just glue it together... And then they recently have really gotten into micromanaging where every minute of the day is tracked vs. hey, you have two weeks to complete this sprint. That's what an agency is I guess. My ideal job I'm not qualified for unless I do it as a hobby eg. robotics. So I will free myself financially eventually and then do that for fun. And I will continue to help my families since they're in a worse situation than me. Hopefully I remember being poor. I used to dream of having a Lamborghini Aventador but now I realize that money could buy me a house with land somewhere.

ge96 3y ago
6 days later I just got myself fired from my job lol. I guess my opinion on bad company practice went too far. Well I will see how I adapt to this situation. I could have quit but idk... I wanted that layoff effect where "it wasn't my choice" but I'm just a coward I guess.