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Poll: How are you doing currently?

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Re: Poll: How are you doing currently?

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Post by neoncontrails »

Took a new job this month, my first working on a product at any real scale. Maybe it's just the honeymoon phase, but I couldn't be happier. Sure it's a little awkward, but I'll take a remote kubernetes cluster over working in an airgapped network any day. Gladly take Jira over Gantt charts. Pay is excellent. Team is outstanding — and wow (!) is it diverse. It looks like the world.

I feel thankful that:

1. I got in when I did. I don't get the sense that our platform is directly impacted by the turmoil in the markets, but I do think it would've been a lot harder to negotiate my current salary, today.

2. I trusted my instincts over Glassdoor. At the end of the day, I had enough high-quality data points to look beyond the company's abysmal employee reviews there. Namely, all 4 engineers I met during the interview process were kind and patient with me during technicals, and incredibly sharp. Seemed like people I'd want to work with. Really glad that I chose to focus on the right signals, because the company that's described online seems like an entirely different place than where I work.

Re: Poll: How are you doing currently?

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Post by kretaceous »

You know how they say the least 20% of a project takes 80% of the time. I'm at that phase of one. I've the strict feature-set and roadmap ready but I can't just can't seem to finish it.

I'm not burnt out. I just want to start another project, learn another thing, but I'm forcing (in a good way, I believe) to complete this project and release it to friends and in a couple online forums. And yes, start using it myself! :)

Thanks for asking. Thanks for reading. I wish every one well!

Re: Poll: How are you doing currently?

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Post by PainfullyNormal »

I have been procrastinating on finding a new job for about a month now. I am seriously questioning whether I want another web development job. I'm almost 40 and the web space stopped being interesting for me about 8 years ago. I suspect I'll procrastinate until my bank account balance gets low enough to cause me to panic and then I'll get serious about getting another web job.

Re: Poll: How are you doing currently?

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Post by petecooper »

The current chapter is coming to an end. It will get messy, and it will be expensive. The next chapter will be different (solo), in another environment. I've stopped caring about money (or running out, at least). Whatever will be, will be.

Not OK, but I'm OK with not being OK…for now, anyway.

Re: Poll: How are you doing currently?

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Post by racl101 »

Just wish I had more time off. Got a lot of vacation days. But our team is so small that taking the time off makes me feel guilty.

Conversely, if I don't have at least 4 days off in a row I don't know how to just relax and not try to do work.

I don't enjoy watching movies or TV anymore cause all I can think about is the fact that I'm not being productive.

I haven't gone to the movies since 2019 (since COVID) and I've been wanting to go.

But a part of my brain says that I can't spare the 3+ hours that it takes to go to the theatre. That it would be unproductive.

I don't know how to force myself to relax.

But other than I'm mostly good. I'm relatively healthy and am happy to have work and income at a time when people are struggling to get by.

So I honestly have it better than a LLLOT of people. I try not to take my blessings for granted.

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