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I've had to move for my wife's job a bunch. I've had a very good career, entirely outside of the Bay Area. That being said, I essentially have no connections o
by SkyPuncher 3y ago
I've had to move for my wife's job a bunch. I've had a very good career, entirely outside of the Bay Area.
That being said, I essentially have no connections or network in the Bay Area. I've worked for companies where most of my peers are not in the Bay Area. This puts me at a huge disadvantage for continuing to level my career. I'm largely subject to the whims of remote. While COVID dramatically increased the number of remote positions, it also exponentially increased competition for those positions.
I recently left to be a stay-at-home-dad, but I'm dreading the day I attempt to get back into the workforce. I just don't really see it being feasible.
- shrimp_emoji 3y agoWho else did a doubletake when reading this post
- SkyPuncher 3y agoOh, that last line does read confusingly. Sounds like I’m saying I left the Bay Area. I just left my job. I don’t look forward to finding another remote one when I start looking again.
- jjav 3y agoI took a handful of years off to be home with the young kid, what a wonderful experience. Getting back to work later wasn't hard. What I did, and do recommend, is to do a little bit of consulting. I rarely did more than a few hours a week (and on some months nothing). But having a consulting company and a few real customers meant that companies saw me as legitimately self-employed (and I was, even if very low hours) instead of unemployed. (Did it make a difference? I don't know. But can't hurt.)