Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?

Post by alluro2 » Mon, Sep 29, 2025, 5:25 PM UTC

eYrKEC2 wrote: post #384

comment95198 wrote: post #52

I had a bout of poor health. And now I'm isolated and I don't know how to get reconnected to other people. I'm not coping terribly well. I think what is most distressing is that I am observing a decline in my capacity. I feel mentally sluggish. I frustrate more easily. I tire more easily. Probably most worryingly to me I get spikes of aggression that lead to combative outbursts. I feel less empathetic, even mildly sa…

Have you considered joining the cult known as crossfit? They have fantastic community. Church as well.

Crossfit has a church now? I mean, not completely shocking, but still...

Post by throwawayjobs42 » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 1:53 PM UTC

I left my last significant job 2-ish years ago. I've had a few contract gigs for a few months here and there since. One of them was probably intended to be full-time, but their pay was atrocious and some of the worst management I've ever worked with. I've been fairly laid back about looking for a new gig but also developed myself by learning a new programming language. I have had a fair number of interviews. Just last week I declined to do a takehome coding test that was really vague and uninteresting even though the recruiter said they really liked me and had constructed that takehome test specifically for me.

Most of the companies that I'm interested in seem to require me to move to places I don't want to move to. And most of the ones open to remote work seem pretty uninspiring.

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