IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

Khane

Khane

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Getting harder and harder to throw your weight around as fewer and fewer companies value experience and are actively trying to replace you with low cost foreigners + AI
 
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moonarchia

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Noodleface said:
Yeah I mean we just laid off thousands of people. I start yelling at my director and I'm next
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You are the one who has the unique skill set. You also don't need to yell. It's much more effective to speak gently when you are wielding the hammer. If your director is the one shooting at you, just ask him if he wants the work done or not. His job is to shield you from that sort of shit, not be the source of it. If he's not going to do his job, then you don't need to feel bad about not doing yours.
 
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TJT

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tugofpeace said:
Question for you folks.

I've been with a company as a remote worker for 3 years now. No timesheets, hardly any work, good job security, great pay ($150k+). I recently was told to find a new role in the company and since I couldn't find anything, I invented one, and they were ok with it.

During that time I interviewed elsewhere and got an offer that was also remote, with same pay, however they have daily timesheets, and the company does a lot of work for the government (although I will not be working on those contracts).

Question is - do you think the risk is worth doing both for some time? I calculated that in 3 years this would add about $400k to my networth. When I turn 40 this is the difference between having a networth of $800k as opposed to $1.2mil.

At this point in my life, more money doesn't do much for me except allow for more investments. In the near term this second job would just allow me to pay off my car loan which is about $55k @ 4%.
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I was in a similar position and did both for ~4 years until I wanted better work life balance.

It can be done.
 
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