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Surprisingly well at the moment, but I was terrible last year... I got layer off in January 2023 before I even started my role with Avanade. I quit my job at a
by kaaaate 3y ago
Surprisingly well at the moment, but I was terrible last year...
I got layer off in January 2023 before I even started my role with Avanade. I quit my job at a mining startup (which recently got bought for 45mil AUD, which I could've got a cut of if I stayed there and dealt with SA) to go work for Avanade. One of the worst decisions I've ever made since it caused my fiancé to break up with me (which caused a mental health crisis). Got some dosh out of them which was good (because they breached my contract), didn't even sign the release documents to get the money and make me shut up (but I got the money anyway).
Was working at a mining equipment company and developing copy protection/DRM there, and I got sacked the day after I completed the project.
I was unable to get a job for a while because both of my previous bosses gave the worst references ever and went dead silent after I confronted them about it :/
But I'm back on my feet with a dev job working for my State Government (in the Health Sector) which is quite lovely, and my co-workers aren't assholes for once!
- VirusNewbie 3y agogood resilience, it's not easy picking yourself up after some rough breaks. Glad to hear it's going well.
- kaaaate 3y agoIt was hard, but with enough effort, fixing mental health issues, and mass applying to jobs (about 300 from August to December 2023), you can get there in the end. I only got about 4 interviews in total; an insurance company (ghosted), WA Police (turned down), Atlassian (ghosted), and HSS (current role). Finding a tech job in 2024 is definitely going to be a lot of luck, mass-applying, and trying to make yourself stand out from other candidates.