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Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by coolThingsFirst »

bogota wrote: post #48

This is something i think has been slowly changing in the US. At least among the people i know. Work is now just work. Five years ago it had to be your passion it is what you wanted or at least i wanted to be defined by. After seeing how little any company cares about people work is what i try to spend the least amount of time doing. At 5 or ideally 4 i clock out and only respond if I am paged. Additionally i have ch…

FAANGs just stopped being interesting for me at 26. The realisation dawned that life is really not that long and it really doesn't matter how good you are. Before that it was a race to learn as much as possible with every waking moment. Doing that for years and years until you're given the opportunity to keep doing it for even more became incredibly boring. It's like it's not enough that you aim to be slave but you need to be the best slave and even then we can let you go if god forbid your health gets bad.

I just don't care anymore, don't give a rat's ass about tRPC.

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by rkuzsma »

I was moved by your personal story, Irina. Thank you for sharing it with the world. I hope others who are struggling through similar challenges discover this article and find new hope and perspective in your words. I am happy you found your voice again.

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by primax »

adastra22 wrote: post #80
iamflimflam1 wrote: post #51

Whenever I read articles like this, I’m so grateful that in the U.K. healthcare is not tied to your job. The NHS may struggle and have its issues. But I have never had to experience the stress of the thought of losing access to care.

Then she would have waited 10 months for a CT scan instead of 10 days.

I needed an abdominal CT in Australia. Got it the next day, and didn't cost me anything.

Just because the UK and Canadian systems are poorly resourced doesn't mean they can't work

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by sokoloff »

pants2 wrote: post #63
tock wrote: post #42

It's really hard to maintain this mindset. I remember getting a health scare and everything related to work just seemed so insignificant. After a few days of receiving the good news regarding my health I was once again mentally wrestling with the random stupid stuff happening at work :/

I think that's just the Hedonic treadmill in action. Everything is relative. That's why you see retirees in the HOA getting just as worked up about seasonal decorating rules as diplomats fighting for the future of their country.

“The fights are so vicious, because the stakes are so low.” (HOA case)

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by jeffrallen »

scarface_74 wrote: post #53
bogota wrote: post #48

This is something i think has been slowly changing in the US. At least among the people i know. Work is now just work. Five years ago it had to be your passion it is what you wanted or at least i wanted to be defined by. After seeing how little any company cares about people work is what i try to spend the least amount of time doing. At 5 or ideally 4 i clock out and only respond if I am paged. Additionally i have ch…

I am almost 50 and on my ninth job. I haven’t been “passionate” about my job ever. It has always served as no more than a means to support my addiction to food and shelter.

> addiction to food and shelter

You didn't get hooked on dihydrogen oxide? That's the worst, a very difficult addiction to kick.

Hang in there!

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by sokoloff »

famahar wrote: post #29
SR2Z wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO it's OK for work to be a big part of your identity. People should strive to achieve things professionally; it's a very human thing to master a craft for a living. But, to be fair, work != your specific company. It's stupid to tie your identity to the people hiring you.

In University the ultimate goal of almost every Comp Sci student was to work at a FAANG (or whatever it's called). Nothing else mattered. Students walked around with Google and Amazon t-shirts and Stickers. So much of University your identity was tied to working for big tech. Cult like when I look back.

I walked around my university with whatever shirt was given to me for free, so long as it was comfortable enough. Not much has changed in that regard as an adult in tech.

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by shakow »

stringsandchars wrote: post #89
sjducb wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, lung cancer CT scans happen inside a week. I know this from experience. You might wait a year for a knee replacement.

> lung cancer CT scans happen inside a week. I know this from experience. This is such a mischaracterization of the Swedish healthcare system, which is much more a lottery than your 'personal experience' suggests. I have my own experience of a service that is plagued by delays, inefficiency and outright dystopian suffering alongside other people who have had fast and efficient help. It's very much the luck of the dra…

Noone is talking about Sweden, the thread is on the UK.

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by Epa095 »

DinaCoder99 wrote: post #62
Epa095 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How booring. Has there really not been anything fun and exciting in any of your nine jobs?

Like what?

Idk, depends on what tickles your fancy I guess. But I have never had a job where there's nothing fun or interesting. It can't all just be that mundane and easy?

Personally I find joy in two different settings

- the hard problems, where I have to go for a walk around the apartment, and think about it when I shover. These are rare.

- putting on some music, pouring myself some coffee, and just coding up something relatively easy while in the flow. Making something which did not exist before.

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by twojobsoneboss »

taurath wrote: post #71
Epa095 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How booring. Has there really not been anything fun and exciting in any of your nine jobs?

Can’t do it that long if the work doesn’t speak to you in some way

Dude, look out your window, most jobs/“careers” are like this and people just endure cause they have to

Re: Losing two jobs in one year

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Post by twojobsoneboss »

coolThingsFirst wrote: post #91
bogota wrote: post #48

This is something i think has been slowly changing in the US. At least among the people i know. Work is now just work. Five years ago it had to be your passion it is what you wanted or at least i wanted to be defined by. After seeing how little any company cares about people work is what i try to spend the least amount of time doing. At 5 or ideally 4 i clock out and only respond if I am paged. Additionally i have ch…

FAANGs just stopped being interesting for me at 26. The realisation dawned that life is really not that long and it really doesn't matter how good you are. Before that it was a race to learn as much as possible with every waking moment. Doing that for years and years until you're given the opportunity to keep doing it for even more became incredibly boring. It's like it's not enough that you aim to be slave but you n…

If you’re at a FAANG, the point is to stash and save as much as possible as quickly as possible so you can escape being a slave
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