Ask HN: Why did you quit your last job?

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Post by boca » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 6:18 PM UTC

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Post by kengbailey » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 6:32 PM UTC

I wasn't being challenged enough.

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Post by jacob9706 » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 6:49 PM UTC

Management, it's almost always management. It's quite horrifying to watch the rest of that companies software department either leave or be driven out by the single problematic person.

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Post by farleykr » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 6:55 PM UTC

I got an offer to do the same work for more money elsewhere. But if I'm being honest, the environment at my last job was pretty hectic and I went out looking for a new job in the first place. I describe my last job to people as being like working on a pirate ship.

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Post by fatnoah » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 6:58 PM UTC

In a move that was later admitted to be a mistake, I was moved into an IC role from one where I managed several high performing teams. This came after a successful acquisition.

I was bored, not challenged, and completely disheartened to watch morale slowly evaporate. Teams were fractured and everyone went from moving fast with a common purpose to "meh" in a matter of months. New management was assigned, though they were 3000 miles away and showed a tremendous lack of experience in anything other than being a medium-sized cog in the big company machine. For example, the solution to being late on a release with no requires was to both rewrite it in a new language and build it for a completely different infrastructure, and with a 5 month deadline. Months later, people are still arguing about requirements.

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Post by eli » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:01 PM UTC

I quit to start this company :)

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Post by bena » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:02 PM UTC

I was a contractor/consultant and our client decided to buy out my contract and hire me full time.

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Post by haolez » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:02 PM UTC

Got an offer to become a cofounder in a new consulting company (not a startup). It worked out pretty well :)

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Post by AFNobody » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:11 PM UTC

Management made demands that exceeded resources available and kept blocking my vacation to try to meet deadlines. I literally left with 100% of my vacation accumulated.

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Post by mieseratte » Thu, Jul 26, 2018, 7:12 PM UTC

Had six changes of management in 14 months time, and something like an 80% attrition rate during that time.