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Re: I have quit my job

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Post by _hcuq »

awill88 wrote: post #54

There is a lot to unpack, but I hear you. “Perhaps I am not suited for working in a services company with rapid transitions“ I think you’re right. You read like you’re a people pleaser. I know it because I am too. You, like me, might have a difficult time with having a dynamic yet firm grasp on our purpose in, what is more often than not, textbook Kafkaesque situations; situations we put ourselves in, and we’re accou…

Why are you so triggered? It looks like the dude has worked really hard for a few years and is now taking a few months break.

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by FL33TW00D »

jasfi wrote: post #120

I quit my job too. I learnt that you should move fast to validate and launch projects. There also needs to be hard benefits for users. Set deadlines to launch your MVP. Some things I have worked on: https://tradecast.one Automated crypto trading. The main benefit here is obvious, making profits. https://cxo.industries Business tools for startups. This is the project that lots of people were interested in, but not man…

Any luck so far?

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by gkop »

travoltaj wrote: post #130
gkop wrote: post #23

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I usually hear “resources” used in the abstract, which was grating the first time, but I’ve gotten over. Are you hearing that literally? Would you share an example sentence?

Very literally. "We'll get a new front-end resource soon". "We're opening two more backfills for backend resources". "We need a front-end resource to unblock this ticket". I have a interview on Monday which I will decline. Literally copy pasting from their meeting invite - "Request to panel-Please Take Resource Snapshot along with Any ID Proof and share the Feedback along with IRF post completion of interview." It's…

Wow

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by [deleted] »

rmbyrro wrote: post #66
chii wrote: post #27

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> I do not intend to return into the workforce ever. the thing is, if you could already live off your own wealth and assets, then yea, this is great. But what of those who do not own enough assets to support themselves without a paying job?

Start a new venture. It takes literally pennies to serve a web app on something like AWS Lambda. You don't even need to pay a server. Invest some few hundred dollars on YouTube ads, targeting channels your audience watches. Learn how to craft effective ad videos with this course [1]. It's a lot of work, but I don't think we can excuse it on top of "I'm underprivileged". You can choose not to do this work. But it's yo…

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Re: I have quit my job

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Post by Pet_Ant »

forbiddenvoid wrote: post #108
nnnnico wrote: post #93

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That is possible if you have 0 responsabilities, or just dont care

"You could just move somewhere cheaper" is always written by someone without a spouse or children.

Those are ramifications one should consider when deciding to do either of those things. Having done one of those, I wish I had done the other. No one can make you happy but you, so the best predictor of happiness is having the independence to pursue your own interests.

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by maxerickson »

d33 wrote: post #99
TOMDM wrote: post #94

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What money is the US spending in order to worsen it's own citizens basic needs? Not needs it stubbornly refuses to subsidize, but actively making sure they remain unmet?

I'd go with a TSA as an example of such spending. It's a net negative to the society - lots of money being spent to give an impression of security while it's proven that they clearly fail at their mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_Security_Admini...

If you are analyzing the impact of the TSA on basic needs in our current economy, it's very positive, providing jobs and causing minor distributed irritation that doesn't really count as a negative impact on basic needs.

(You can argue that it would be better to give the money away without requiring the jobs, but that ain't the world we have)

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by paskozdilar »

Aeolun wrote: post #82
paskozdilar wrote: post #74

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> Why this anger towards the author for doing what he considers to be the best thing for himself? Because most of us don't have the luxury to take a break from work. Honestly, I feel jealousy towards people who can take a break from work. I've been feeling like I'm on a treadmill since my teen years. I am not ashamed of it, though - jealousy is a human feeling and we can't wish it away, we can only control it and not…

You are welcome to feel jealous, but you don’t have to begrudge them taking that option.

I do not. In fact, I would do the same given the proper circumstances. The other person asked a question, and I gave my best approximation of an answer.

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by paskozdilar »

Majestic121 wrote: post #122
paskozdilar wrote: post #113

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> there's a lot between "don't work -> run out of money", including using up savings that you had, taking up unemployment benefits, finding another kind of work or going for part time, getting help from a large number of charities... And finally, if you end up actually on the verge of starvation, as an IT person you most probably can get another job even with a gap in your resume. So basically: don't work -> run out…

That's not what I said. I mentioned that one of the solution to stop a specific job is to pick a different line of work, and that even if worse comes to worse, the jump away from work is not that risky because you can come back. But I also mentioned a lot of alternatives, including charity and government benefits, which are enough in most western countries to not starve.

> one of the solution to stop a specific job is to pick a different line of work

That does not count as "taking a break" from work.

> But I also mentioned a lot of alternatives, including charity and government benefits, which are enough in most western countries to not starve.

I see your point, but not all of us are lucky to be born in such a place. I do admit that my bitterness may come from the fact that I live in a country where the social program is... not really the greatest, to say the least.

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by paskozdilar »

s1artibartfast wrote: post #121
paskozdilar wrote: post #114

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The graph loops at "work again / die of starvation", which by definition means I cannot afford not to work. > What do you estimate the chance of not being able to find work at? How is that relevant? My point is that I cannot afford not to work.

>My point is that I cannot afford not to work I think you are getting the skepticism from others because most of the time these limitations are artificial and self imposed. I certainly have felt that way when I was severely depressed and fed up with my job/life. I felt helpless and blamed my situation, when in reality I was simply refusing to take ownership of my choices. I could quit my job, I could leave my partner…

> I felt helpless and blamed my situation, when in reality I was simply refusing to take ownership of my choices. I could quit my job, I could leave my partner, I could abandon my kids and family. I could go sleep in a park, I could buy a van and travel the country.

The fact that you have a hypothetical possibility to do whatever does not mean anything in the real world. Besides, I am not depressed and I do not want to change my life, I like my life, I just want to not have to work.

> Why do you think you cannot afford to not work?

Why is it so hard to imagine that there is a corner in this world where not everything is taken care of for you by the big daddy govt?

To answer your question - if I were to stop working, two simple things would happen:

- I would not be able to afford rent

- I would not be able to afford food

Re: I have quit my job

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Post by claudiulodro »

411111111111111 wrote: post #69
hans1729 wrote: post #16

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I disagree heavily with this. Lots of people make a living doing what they love/building a better world. Just because we normalized selling our attention to the highest fiscal bidder, doesn’t mean that the highest fiscal bid is actually valuable in terms of life quality. Nobody looks back and says “eh, I wish I’d have worked more at [soulless job]”. I think your perspective is extreme dystopian, and it makes me sad t…

> Nobody looks back and says “eh, I wish I’d have worked more at [soulless job]” There are a lot of people which quit their "soulless" job and to chase their dream just to ultimately be forced to give up on them after loosing years of savings. I very much doubt that none of them regret leaving their jobs

It's tricky, because in the alternate universe those people are regretting wasting their life instead of trying to follow their dreams. The only situation that doesn't lead to some form of regret is the one where following the dreams works out.
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