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Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by bluefirebrand »

pdimitar wrote: post #35
bluefirebrand wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Take the other job offer you said you have, give your notice, and if they give you an exit interview don't go into detail just tell them this didn't turn out to be what you were expecting and you got a different offer that is more in line with what you want.

> just tell them this didn't turn out to be what you were expecting I suppose my ego is getting in the way here; I really want to tell them how they have done goofed up but I also learned that such feedback is, 99% of the time, unwanted, so I believe your advice is better than what I originally thought I'll do. Thank you.

Any time. I've been there and it's a sucky situation. I understand it's tempting to give them a piece of your mind, but I've found that taking the high road helps.

The problem is you giving honest and brutal feedback feels good in the moment but you never know when any connections you have will come in useful in the future, and if you will burn those connections with your feedback.

You don't stand to gain much by being honest on your way out, but there's a possibility of losing out if you are. So take the high road.

Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by crate_barre »

giantg2 wrote: post #38
crate_barre wrote: post #4

All these hiring threads today make it feel like a sports off-season. Everyone is good just not on the right team/role, and it almost feels like ‘trading’ workers or signing as a free-agent is the shakeup people are seeking.

Some people, like me, might actually be bad.

Oh don’t be so hard on yourself, I’d like to introduce you to an asshole that would have been more useful not writing a single line of code than all the code he wrote on Adderral.

Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by desertraven »

fbrncci wrote: post #40

First year of the pandemic I was job-less and filled all that time with being out in the nature, studying (programming) and working on my side projects. Then I got my first junior position about six months ago, and now I am struggle with not having time or energy to do my own things anymore. Maybe the answer isn't working 40 hours? But even then, those 8hrs at home or at the office just don't sit right with me. I rea…

I can definitely relate to this. In addition to just paying the bills in the present, there’s a pressure to be financially secure in the future. This equates to making more now, and the only means I’ve found of making more now have a soul-sucking effect, especially compared to side projects and time in nature.

I’m mindful of how fleeting life is, and I wonder whether the focus on wealth accumulation is worthwhile. Perhaps I’m just lazy though!

Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by ipaddr »

vips7L wrote: post #32

My company got acquired and I was praying to be laid off and to get some severance. It didn’t happen.

My company was acquired and everyone got a bonus to stay but myself. I was expecting to get fired but it hasn't happened yet either.

Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by tata71 »

grepfru_it wrote: post #12
crate_barre wrote: post #4

All these hiring threads today make it feel like a sports off-season. Everyone is good just not on the right team/role, and it almost feels like ‘trading’ workers or signing as a free-agent is the shakeup people are seeking.

Was looking at dusty bakers stats the other night and he played professionally for 30 years, took 7 years off and started coaching. 15 years of coaching later and he’s in the World Series. I looked at my profession like that and I realize I’m on the cusp of retirement, but only from the physical tool that my body can’t handle anymore. I see all the new kids around me with no purpose, no way and I think about what an…

Are you accepting mentees?

Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by letsdothis55 »

Not sure yet. I just started a new job and I’m not sure if I’ll make it past the probationary period or if I’ll even want to.

It was a mistake to take it, with some alarming red flags from the very beginning, during the interview process, but I took it because I wasn’t getting many appealing options, and felt the money would be worth it. It was also moderately different than what I’d done in that last and would have a higher career value (in terms of work done, tech used, skills gain) than any of my prior work.

I’m sure I’ll perform fine technically, but culturally, I picked up on some concerns from day one and by day two I already saw them start to manifest. I figure in a month or two I’ll be able to tell whether I’m likely to be pushed out or not. I could start the job hunting process again now, but the results were pretty bad a month or two ago and it’ll just add more logistical problems. I’m already a bit stressed and unable to sleep with is just furthering the issues.

I’m just burnt out from the career in general. All the options available to me suck in one way or another. In my dreams, I’d just quit and go back to school, or even less realistic disappear and bounce arounds and travel while I figure things out, but both of those are financial suicide and would likely land me homeless without a fat paycheck backing them up.

Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by dexterlagan »

I'm working for two clients at this time. One of them is absolutely awesome, but pays very little (media prod). The other one pays top dollar but is terrible (used computer business - booooring). If only I could switch them around. Or find a business who is doing something humanitary, or at the very least inspiring. I'm an old hacker who knows almost everything there is to know about tech. Hire me!

Re: Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

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Post by mattbrewsbytes »

mysecretaccount wrote: post #9

Here is a related question: has anyone ever been fired from a FAANG company? I am a high performer at one and am so stressed out I often dream of being fired, and assume there is some sort of severance.

I've never worked at FAANG but have at a Fortune 500 and now work at a company with The major difference I see is large corporations have a certain amount of randomness where entire products will get cancelled (its not just Google), internal re-orgs, appease the shareholders layoffs, or political in-fighting happens and someone "wins" and people get let go.

At a smaller company in an engineering dept of ~150 you know what most teams do and might know someone on each team. There is less random acts of large company that occur. Sure if business is bad, stuff is going to happen but that is usually something you can see coming.

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