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Ask HN: Are you negatively affected by the recent economic stagnation?

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Re: Ask HN: Are you negatively affected by the recent economic stagnation?

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

notahacker wrote: post #20
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And unless your investments are self sustaining - ie they throw off enough earnings to support your lifestyle without going into the principal - it is still dumb to have fealty to a language as the only reason you aren’t working. He talked about a “burn rate” so he obviously isn’t in that position.

I talked about the burn rate. Personally I doubt using a particular language I specialised in would be a dealbreaker if I wrote code for a living, but I find the mentality that one must in all cases spend 40+ hours a week working in jobs less well matched to ones skillset and interests out of fealty to not consuming any part of the principal of ones savings (irrespective of how large they are) or making any other lif…

I didn’t say in all cases. I understand wanting to take a break because of burnout [1], family obligations, to explore a hobby, pursue a passion, etc.

But because of a language preference?

I specialize in AWS consulting + app dev. It’s something I’ve been doing for a decade, I know it well and I even did a 4 year stint at AWS working in the consulting department (full time RSU earning blue badge employee). But I wouldn’t refuse on principle to get a job that required me to spend all day on GCP or Azure.

[1] I really don’t understand burn out though. In 30 years across 10 jobs, when the “shit I have to put up with” got to high I would just get another job instead if toiling away

Re: Ask HN: Are you negatively affected by the recent economic stagnation?

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Post by chistev »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #21
notahacker wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I talked about the burn rate. Personally I doubt using a particular language I specialised in would be a dealbreaker if I wrote code for a living, but I find the mentality that one must in all cases spend 40+ hours a week working in jobs less well matched to ones skillset and interests out of fealty to not consuming any part of the principal of ones savings (irrespective of how large they are) or making any other lif…

I didn’t say in all cases. I understand wanting to take a break because of burnout [1], family obligations, to explore a hobby, pursue a passion, etc. But because of a language preference? I specialize in AWS consulting + app dev. It’s something I’ve been doing for a decade, I know it well and I even did a 4 year stint at AWS working in the consulting department (full time RSU earning blue badge employee). But I woul…

I shot you an email.

Re: Ask HN: Are you negatively affected by the recent economic stagnation?

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Post by giantg2 »

csomar wrote: post #2

I have been out of work for roughly two years, though I should note that, for religious reasons, I have limited my search to positions involving Rust. Toward the end of last year, however, it seemed that the situation was beginning to improve: new job postings appeared that looked credible, and by the start of this year I had two interviews (both initiated by companies themselves). In one case, I advanced to the late…

$100+ oil should be the least of your cost fears, especially given that the $100/barrel panic threshold from 5-10 years ago should be more like $150-200 today due to inflation over that time. Trade issues (China restricting exports, etc), currency devaluation, national debt, and macro effects of shifting demographics are setting a pretty stark stage.

Re: Ask HN: Are you negatively affected by the recent economic stagnation?

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Post by thiago_fm »

nicbou wrote: post #15
thiago_fm wrote: post #12

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If nicbou the builder is having a hard time, that's all the economic downturn data point I need. I share a similar sentiment about Germany. I mean, we do have a recession for a couple of years already. As a Software Developer, I've experienced layoffs of International companies just nuking their German team, for both cost and law risks (from people trying to create a worker council and the like). I'm still employed b…

Do you see an impact on how people behave at work?

Sorry for the delay, I do see people changing their behaviors.

A lot of them have burned out and were/are unemployed. Great engineers and all.

The ones that are employed, are grinding like there's no Tomorrow.

This changed a lot from 10 years ago, when it was much more relaxing to work with software.

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