Yes. Fully remote, good separation of work and life, the technical problems are interesting enough (for me), and management is mostly sane. I'm a software developer in the US.
Ask HN: Are you happy with your current job?
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Re: Ask HN: Are you happy with your current job?
#42Nah. Coworker gave his two week notice today after being out for 2.5 months (and only actually being in the office for like 3 weeks after being hired) and my boss is a lunatic with no management or communication skills. I've been told a "moral lesson" of going ahead of schedule being a bad thing too many times to count. Definitely gonna be finding a new job soon. But for now, it pays the bills and I have other stuff…
> I've been told a "moral lesson" of going ahead of schedule being a bad thing too many times to count. What the fuck could be bad about going ahead of schedule?
Beats me, boss also loves to say that we don't have enough time. Woohoo!
Re: Ask HN: Are you happy with your current job?
#43I’m not, there is just too much pressure to deliver and I don’t know how to pace myself. For instance, during these Christmas holidays I worked full time nearly every day. Completely self imposed, none of my coworkers were online, I did it to try to get ahead of the utterly impossible deliverables that were given to me as the most senior person in my team. It was truly a miserable time. It doesn’t help that I am perv…
> I am currently at a FAANG at a senior level and I am not kidding when I say I do not know what the hell I am doing, technically speaking. I try to counter balance this by working like a dog, but it is not sustainable.
Good lord. You need to quit for two reasons: Your mental health will evaporate the longer you do this, and you're taking up space from someone who knows what he's doing and is currently out of work.
Re: Ask HN: Are you happy with your current job?
#44Yes. Fully remote, good separation of work and life, the technical problems are interesting enough (for me), and management is mostly sane. I'm a software developer in the US.
What do you do specifically? What industry is your company in?
Re: Ask HN: Are you happy with your current job?
#45Hell no. I absolutely hate my job.
What do you do?
Re: Ask HN: Are you happy with your current job?
#46I’m not, there is just too much pressure to deliver and I don’t know how to pace myself. For instance, during these Christmas holidays I worked full time nearly every day. Completely self imposed, none of my coworkers were online, I did it to try to get ahead of the utterly impossible deliverables that were given to me as the most senior person in my team. It was truly a miserable time. It doesn’t help that I am perv…
I think you can acknowledge the truth of what your brain is saying about the monetary opportunity. You can also acknowledge that you will have to "up your game" to get to that next level.
But, you can also just realize that life and especially corporate jobs are just a game and don't take it so seriously that you deteriorate from within. Just cruise, try your best for a few months, and if you don't like it after that time period - then change gears or just go into slow cruise mode