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I planned to get out of my current company and stop wasting my life two years ago. The job market and my visa status meant that it's either impossible or I nee
by g947o 10mo ago
I planned to get out of my current company and stop wasting my life two years ago.
The job market and my visa status meant that it's either impossible or I need to make significant sacrifices.
So that's life.
- ramon156 10mo agoWondering if working as a contractor is any different. you won't stay longer than 6-12 months on a project and you can safely say goodbye without having to explain a gap in your resume
- g947o 10mo agoVisa.
- paulcole 10mo agoWhy didn’t you make the significant sacrifices?
- jcims 10mo agoThis is one of those areas where family starts to influence decisions. My wife and I had kids between 24 and 28. From that point forward, 'supporting the family' took priority over personal fulfillment. Now that our kids are grown and self-supporting, it's wild how much simpler the risk calculation is. But at 52 with engineering manager being the dominant role in my CV, not particularly appealing to the small companies making big moves that I'm interested in.
- paulcole 10mo agoNobody with a family has ever found a way to make a sacrifice and leave a job they felt was wasting their life?
- g947o 10mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma
- paulcole 10mo agoWell-said
- jcims 10mo agoWhat use is extrapolating what I said to its extreme end? In 1999 I quit my full time secure job to start a company. My wife was a stay at home mom, we had a new baby and a new mortgage for a house that was still being built. Yes it's possible, but counterexamples don't mean it's not a factor.
- paulcole 10mo agoYour example is as much a counter example as mine is…
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