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The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go

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Re: The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go

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Post by vkou »

altern8 wrote: post #19
wccrawford wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm full stack for 19 years and I love React, and I've been laid off for 1.5 years now. This is a terrible job market right now. That doesn't mean you don't have good skills, it just means that too many people have them. It happens from time to time in every industrial, for all skills. Obviously, I don't have any good advice about how to deal with it.

You mean you haven't been working for 1 1/2 years? How do you buy food?

Presumably they haven't been living paycheck to paycheck for the past 19. It's not that difficult for a SWE in North America.

Re: The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go

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Post by altern8 »

pebble wrote: post #29
altern8 wrote: post #13

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I grew up in ESSR or as it was known locally ENSV. Replying to any criticism of capitalism with an immediate “so you want communism” without even a stopover in complaining about socialism is quite something.

What do you want, then?

Isn't there capitalism, socialism--which is what people are actually talking about when they talk about communism, and then communism which will never exist?

What were you referring to?

Re: The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go

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Post by altern8 »

vkou wrote: post #33
altern8 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean you haven't been working for 1 1/2 years? How do you buy food?

Presumably they haven't been living paycheck to paycheck for the past 19. It's not that difficult for a SWE in North America.

Yes, I guess investments, etc., but 1.5 years is a long time.

I don't think I could go more than 2-3 months. Maybe I should start saving some money.

Re: The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go

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Post by dddddaviddddd »

> I don't have any other marketable skills. My coding skills were barely marketable to begin with.

Hot take: moving is more about interview skills than coding skills. Whether you leave or not, start interviewing now. You might end up finding a better place sooner than you hoped.

Re: The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go

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Post by Quarrelsome »

fear is a reaction, courage is a choice.

You don't have to quit to start looking for another job, just start looking. You have 10 years experience, how can you say that you have no marketable skills? You could network, go to events, get involved in your local dev communities, show someone else your enthusiasm.

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