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I’ve cut out anything extra on Mondays. I’ve kept my exercise routine in the morning because it keeps me sane.

I’d quit tomorrow if my company offered a decent severance package. I’m super burned out and with attrition and hiring freezes, I’m stuck with double the workload. I wake up in the…

I’m struggling with a similar situation where I’m at. I’ve experienced significant growth opportunities over the last 5 years, the company I work for is good and growing quickly. I…

Hi btown, thanks for the Spreedly plug!! I’m Director of Engineering at Spreedly and helped to launch routing capabilities as a engineer and leader. If the OP already has an existi…

I've been working remotely for 18 months, married with a toddler and 10 year old daughter. I classify myself as an introvert, but vary widely from needing to be outgoing to extreme…

Age: 37, Location: TX, NW: $585K

Director of Engineering, $98K, 0 equity, $0 bonus. Amarillo, TX

@alex-yo Your post is almost a mirror of my situation - senior generalist dev with 15 years experience Ruby/Java/SQL and numerous other languages and frameworks too many to list, l…

I've been trying to learn Elixir in my spare time, feels a lot like the breath of fresh air Ruby/Rails was when it came out. Also, been toying with data science/machine learning w/…

Gardening is very enjoyable as is working on my home. Something very gratifying about seeing your hard work in physical form versus virtual work.

I've been programming for 15 years, since I was 21. It used to be my passion, work, and hobby. Over the last 3 years I've gradually shifted from development to managing projects an…

I've been researching and looking into Elixir & Phoenix a lot lately. What are your thoughts having done this side project? I'm coming from a java, ruby perspective with experience…

If she is special than nothing is more important than the her, fix the underlying issues - find a new job, remove the stress, etc - should have done this previously. Having been th…

I don't advocate any of her financial mistakes, but having reached my mid 30's, I realize 1) Old age and life aren't guaranteed. 2) If you wait until retirement to start 'living', …

Exactly this ^^^. In fact those that leave my company all end up as contractors.

@sn - no direct contact info on the profile other than co-founder info, don't want to be too stalker-ish in finding you :)

They would also expect it for dirt cheap or free :(

Company is very small ~10 people, 4 devs. I manage several of the projects and resources.

I've approached my boss several times about this, and any changes are temporary - it's a management issue (same management at both places). I have a need to be on high profile high…

Thanks - I did not the advice negatively. I've gone down that route and plan to pursue in the future. A lot of it is perception that I'm not good enough.

I look daily, I've had several interviews over the years but nothing has worked out. I share custody of my 8 yr old daughter and live in a somewhat isolated area of the US that has…

I've had one of these jobs for years. Each day I come in and expect the gig to be up. It never happens. This has been across 2 companies, for 10 years. From the outside it looks li…

^^ This is want the business guys don't understand. Any business application with a solid foothold will need to be maintained for years into the future. My alma mater has an entire…

I have shared custody of my 7 year old daughter in an area (Amarillo, TX) that is geographically distant from metros w/ developer jobs, and Amarillo has little IT presence. I've re…

Wholeheartedly agree about the urbanization trend, but if you look at that data, that whole section of the Plains states and central US that is 'Doing Better' is in large part rura…