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I think you need to try working in tiny startups, if any of your skills would make that work. There, gaps in resumes and random ends to employment are expected.

by smeej 2y ago

I think you need to try working in tiny startups, if any of your skills would make that work. There, gaps in resumes and random ends to employment are expected. Nobody asks about mine, and I end up taking a full year off every 4-5 years whether I want to or not (but I usually do want to). No, my normie friends don't get it at all, and everyone ALWAYS asks me "how the job search is going" even when I've told them every week for 6 months that I'm not trying to get a job, but trying to hold myself to their norms was a lost cause for me anyway.

brailsafe 2y ago
Ya that would be my ideal next place, unfortunately it's also an economic downtown in Canada, so I'm sort of doing the latter part of your comment and throwing DMs and my resume out whenever something comes up. Honestly I'm thankful that I've had the time off, and because I expect any given job won't last long, I save my money quite aggressively. Eventually something turns up.
- smeej 2y ago
  Yeah, exactly. I was blessed with inexpensive tastes, so I find it easy to live well below my means. Plus, one lucky break with some early equity goes a long way. It's not the right game for everyone, but it's totally viable once you get the hang of its rules. And many of us find they're a better fit than the normal rules ever were.
  - brailsafe 2y ago
    I really wouldn't go so far as to say it's "viable" for me, as much as it's had it's benefits and sometimes severe drawbacks. For example, I will literally run out of money again if something doesn't come around soonish, and that's not a good place to be. I have no upward or horizontal mobility, no true dependents, no investments. I can however occasionally go on a trip if I'm not in such a risky position, say within a few months out of a job, and I've had more free time than most, but I really just have living expenses. It's good to take whatever positives there are though, because I absolutely do not think if I'd made other decisions things would be different, or that my personality would magically shift into being a perfect corporate drone, nor would I want that.

by smeej 2y ago

brailsafe 2y ago

Ya that would be my ideal next place, unfortunately it's also an economic downtown in Canada, so I'm sort of doing the latter part of your comment and throwing DMs and my resume out whenever something comes up. Honestly I'm thankful that I've had the time off, and because I expect any given job won't last long, I save my money quite aggressively. Eventually something turns up.

smeej 2y ago
Yeah, exactly. I was blessed with inexpensive tastes, so I find it easy to live well below my means. Plus, one lucky break with some early equity goes a long way. It's not the right game for everyone, but it's totally viable once you get the hang of its rules. And many of us find they're a better fit than the normal rules ever were.
- brailsafe 2y ago
  I really wouldn't go so far as to say it's "viable" for me, as much as it's had it's benefits and sometimes severe drawbacks. For example, I will literally run out of money again if something doesn't come around soonish, and that's not a good place to be. I have no upward or horizontal mobility, no true dependents, no investments. I can however occasionally go on a trip if I'm not in such a risky position, say within a few months out of a job, and I've had more free time than most, but I really just have living expenses. It's good to take whatever positives there are though, because I absolutely do not think if I'd made other decisions things would be different, or that my personality would magically shift into being a perfect corporate drone, nor would I want that.