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Re: Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a loser, now I am opposite

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Post by _carbyau_ »

sacrosancty wrote: post #19

Just a suggestion, but if your relationship with your wife depends on your personal circumstances and mood, then it sounds not very strong. Might be worth taking advantage of this good period to do some relationship strengthening exercises while you can so that when the next downturn happens, you can both understand each other's and your own feelings better. I'm not talking about random activities like going to the b…

Lines you won't see on a gravestone:

"I wish I had worked more."

"I wish I had a less meaningful relationship with my wife."

Re: Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a loser, now I am opposite

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Post by stemlord »

_8j50 wrote: post #14
leetcrew wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

getting paid?

And resume points, bragging rights, exposure.

Harder to brag about working in big tech given increasing contempt for these companies but yeah maybe the implication still is that you're loaded and comfy if that's something worth bragging about

Re: Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a loser, now I am opposite

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Post by _8j50 »

stemlord wrote: post #33
_8j50 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And resume points, bragging rights, exposure.

Harder to brag about working in big tech given increasing contempt for these companies but yeah maybe the implication still is that you're loaded and comfy if that's something worth bragging about

People hate the companies but no one denies their tech acheivements. A manager may not brag but tech person certainly can...if they acheived things there.

Re: Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a loser, now I am opposite

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Post by sokoloff »

Kaibeezy wrote: post #29
daneel_w wrote: post #21

Glad to hear it worked out for the better. My current employment is no longer fulfilling and I wish to "move on", but I can only do remote and such vacancies are very hard to come by in Sweden.

Doesn’t the Venn diagram look like: (remote (Sweden)) ... or am I unclear on “remote” or “Sweden”?

It costs employers money and complexity to open up remote hiring of employees in a new jurisdiction. If Sweden isn’t a very big market or Sweden is a difficult market from a legal perspective, even remote companies may not be able to hire there.

As an example, I’d have to look, but I think it’s only quite recently that I’ve been able to hire in Sweden, 2 years after being remote. I know I couldn’t last year, but we contracted with some company to make some of the smaller markets feasible for us.

Re: Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a loser, now I am opposite

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Post by ungamedplayer »

_carbyau_ wrote: post #31
sacrosancty wrote: post #19

Just a suggestion, but if your relationship with your wife depends on your personal circumstances and mood, then it sounds not very strong. Might be worth taking advantage of this good period to do some relationship strengthening exercises while you can so that when the next downturn happens, you can both understand each other's and your own feelings better. I'm not talking about random activities like going to the b…

Lines you won't see on a gravestone: "I wish I had worked more." "I wish I had a less meaningful relationship with my wife."

Along with "npm install ..."

Re: Thank HN: Five months ago, I was feeling like a loser, now I am opposite

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Post by philliphaydon »

3qz wrote: post #27
philliphaydon wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So people just want money even if they are just a number doing boring work and hate their job and have no impact. That’s what I gather from the replies so far.

> if they are just a number doing boring work and hate their job and have no impact This is almost every job. You might as well get paid fairly for it.

I would rather get paid less and enjoy my job than wake and not want to get out of bed. But that’s just me. Only live once so want to enjoy life.
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