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

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Post by balamatom »

balamatom wrote: post #510
SeanAnderson wrote: post #403

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I haven't looked into it seriously, no. Scripting support in Bevy (the ECS framework I was exploring) is pretty limited. There's an add-on that can provide unofficial support for LUA ( https://github.com/makspll/bevy_mod_scripting ) but I doubt that would be compatible with a WASM build target.

>I doubt that would be compatible with a WASM build target. In principle, I don't see why not. In practice, yeah I can see it. In both cases, can't know without checking, and I haven't. Bevy is pretty cool though! My drive-by suggestions would be more along the lines of https://github.com/mattwparas/steel , or the very ad-hoc embedded language of https://github.com/elkowar/eww , or perhaps most pertinently https://kd…

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

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Post by whycombinetor »

theendisney wrote: post #383

Start a blog and have chatGPT write something ambitious before each rejection. I just do some preparation walk into the building and announce i want to work there. You dont even have to pay me. Ik im still heren by the end of the month we talk. Stop thinking about it, we have work to do! This is not a great formula but it is a great filter for the kind of company I want to work for. If it cant detect a good deal im o…

Do you do this often?

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

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Post by myth2018 »

threefiftyone96 wrote: post #482
myth2018 wrote: post #213

Senior dev, 22 years of experience. Almost exactly two years unemployed right now. I've done some technical leadership before but I'm not looking into it anymore, not really my thing. In general, I get very few replies, even fewer interviews and 100% eventually "freeze the position" or simply ghost me. I've heard that too many companies are currently spending their HR budgets in market research and have no intention…

What's your stack?

Nowadays mostly:

- Java, Python - React, Angular - Postgresql - Docker, Kubernetes

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

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Post by whycombinetor »

SoftTalker wrote: post #365
93po wrote: post #240

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lived extremely frugally my entire life and continued to do so while unemployed, combined with being very fortunate with high rates of return in my 401k for the past 15 years

Is it possible to draw on a 401k without tax penalties if it's due to unemployment? Otherwise I thought you had to be of retirement age?

You just pay the tax. 10% early withdrawal penalty plus about 10% federal income tax up to about $50k. Obviously it would be nice to not have to pay that tax at all by waiting until retirement age, but depending on your cost basis and your other income, it's less than you would have paid in income tax at the time of deposit plus short term cap gains at the time of withdrawal if you had not put it in the 401k in the first place. If your previous wage was high enough and cost basis low enough, then it might even be less than income tax at time of deposit plus long term cap gains at time of withdrawal.

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

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Post by uqual »

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #278
selectodude wrote: post #125

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Hiring managers check you on LinkedIn 100 percent of the time. Not having a LinkedIn is a huge issue.

> Hiring managers check you on LinkedIn 100 percent of the time. YMMV. White collar work here follows connections and introductions - nearly exclusively. A few of my clients might have poked around Linkedin in passing but most have never used it. As an aside, I deleted my LI because I've never had a legit contact thru it, only spam. source: 35yrs in IT

When I was a hiring manager (it's been a number of years) I always checked LI for applicants which looked interesting on "paper" but which had not come through a trusted source such as coworker from the past or present that I had respect for (both their technical skills and their willingness to be objective about others even if their observations were negative).

My primary reason for this was that unfortunately some resumes seem to include quite of bit of creative writing -- creativity which the applicant could bet only I, and my company, would see. If, however, the applicant had posted similar claims about past jobs on LI, it was public for all to see so somewhat likely to be less "creative" as most people find it embarrassing to get _caught_ claiming credit for work that someone else did or giving an overblown explanation of the import of their work. This is, of course, not 100% reliable as I've seen coworkers and past employees posting on LI claiming things they were "responsible for" or "implemented" when, in fact, they only had a tiny role (or, occasionally, even no discernible role) in.

Also, if I happened to notice a "connection" that I also knew, I could potentially ask them about the applicant (using due care to make sure that the applicant wouldn't be "outed" at their current job by my doing so).

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

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Post by HocusLocus »

trenchpilgrim wrote: post #282
HocusLocus wrote: post #266

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I'm trying to understand Section 174 impact especially because your friend's persistence seems like a good litmus test that positive changes are afoot. Also I have a daughter who will be looking for R&D/R&E EE position when she graduates in 2026. Needing to amortize expenses over 15 years puts a big damper on anything corps may be excited about today but with less than 100% assurance of in the long run? Restoring the…

Here's an explanation of how the Section 174 change contributed to SWE layoffs during 2023-2025: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44226571 It's been reversed now, but the inertia is still being felt. The backlog of highly qualified engineers ares still competing for positions, and other factors such as the interest rate and the effect of AI on positions for younger engineers are still in effect.

thx kindly

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

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Post by justinyee17 »

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #516
justinyee17 wrote: post #407

It's a bit vindicating seeing the volume of responses to this. It's possible this is a biased sample and not representative of the majority, but it's nice to know I'm not alone and at least 1 other has experienced exactly what I have. I was always made to feel fundamentally broken, and I wondered if I was really that terrible. I had no clue why I was treated with such malice and made to feel so unwanted. Adding my st…

It's easy see from your articulation, your conveying thoughts across a long arc you are the real deal. Just from reading your writing I'd put you high on my list. Keep your head up! What you’re up against isn’t a reflection of your worth but the state of things right now. That doesn't make the situation any better but it does mean it’s not a judgment against you and hopefully knowing that makes it easier to keep your…

Thank you! Admittedly, I often worry my writing comes off as self-centered, rambling, or pedantic... but eh. Perhaps it's better to try than not. I'm sure time will resolve all, in one way or another...

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

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Post by glpgeFwac »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #201
commandersaki wrote: post #51

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Do you think you developed Bipolar in gaol or was it just a late onset?

> gaol The only time I've ever seen "jail" spelled this way was in Elden Ring, and I had to look it up to see how it's supposed to be pronounced to learn that it's an Old English way of spelling "jail" and is pronounced like "jail". Curious if you've been playing a lot of Elden Ring or if there's another reason you chose this spelling.

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

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Post by AlexeyBelov »

balamatom wrote: post #440
balamatom wrote: post #272

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Ooh, that's one of "fun" ones alright. Can happen if the perceptual validator has encysted the behavioral corrector. (Or vice versa I guess; I just ripped out mine since they were known bad; other story - point is, being unable to examine things too closely is part of the whole predicament) Jail as liminal space makes total sense as the environment for habitual workarounds to fray and the underlying issue to manifest…

Why the downvotes, (purportedly) sapient ones? Don't yall ever debug yallselves? Figures...

The writing is very "crazy-person-like". I didn't downvote though, since I don't have this ability yet.
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